key up
English
Verb
key up
- (architecture) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
- (music) To raise the pitch of.
- (figuratively) To produce nervous tension in.
Related terms
- keyed up
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for key up in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- pukey