meetup

noun

meet·​up ˈmēt-ˌəp 

variants or meet-up

plural meetups or meet-ups

: an informal meeting or get-together

… people who frequently use their cell phones to communicate with others often do so to arrange face-to-face meetings. "For people that live locally or on campus, I'll text them to arrange a meetup if I want to talk to them and hang out …," [Sydney] Cole said.

—Samantha Savery

… wanting to believe that their dead loved one is living happily ever after and will be available for meet-ups later on …

—Gary J. Whittenberger

… nobody finds this impromptu UN meet-up unusual in Miami.

—Andrew Nelson

often, specifically : a social event for people with shared interests organized through the Meetup Internet service

They treat their bodies as guinea pigs and gather in meet-ups and conferences to swap stories—backed by data, of course—about the best ways to lose weight, work more efficiently and get smarter.

—Bryan Walsh

Examples of meetup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those in-space meetups will be a big part of Starship missions in the future. —Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 May 2026

Street racing events advertised publicly online and large car meetups driving through Colorado neighborhoods have become a growing concern for cities across the Front Range. —Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Once her sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, were old enough to be starstruck, Diana used her network to surprise them with a few A-list meetups that were sure to impress their schoolmates. —Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 May 2026

These are scheduled public meetups with no agenda but offer free discussion on topics of mortality. —Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 23 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for meetup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup