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warmer-upper

[ wawr-mer-uhp-er ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. something that provides one with invigorating warmth:

    Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.

  2. something that serves to warm up an audience or group of participants before a main event:

    Radio stations played martial music as a warmer-upper before the prime minister's speech.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of warmer-upper1

1940–45; warm up + -er 1, applied pleonastically to both v. and particle

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