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

Members spend the first portion of the meetup getting acquainted before going to First Ward in uptown to hand out coffee donated by local coffee shops. —Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025

Boaz, who retired in 1999, said the meetups formed about a year after that when a dozen people in Scripps’ Diving Control Board began holding monthly meetings at Harry’s. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025

Although some people bring their own golf gear to the meetups, none is required. —Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025

Most of the group’s meetups are virtual: either via weekly video calls or messaging on the SDC Discord channel. —Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025

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