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

The cars — a blue Infiniti and a purple Infiniti — were captured on video participating in the meetup, which involved roughly 100 cars drag racing, doing donuts and other stunts near a ring of fire set with accelerant at the intersection of Eliot Ave. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

Wong also claimed Tisch said an NYPD task force to address the issue was responding to a different car meetup that night. —Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

The officer was ultimately taken into custody during an arranged after-school meetup with the boy in Harford County last week. —Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

The nonprofit Wear Together NYC (@weartogethernyc on Instagram) has a lending library of carriers in Long Island City and Park Slope and hosts monthly meetups. —The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 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