sunup

American  

[suhn-uhp] / ˈsʌnˌʌp /

noun

1. sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.

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sunup British  

/ ˈsʌnˌʌp /

noun

1. another name (esp US) for sunrise

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Etymology

Origin of sunup

1705–15, sun + up, on the model of sundown

Example Sentences

When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the fatal Friday of Tansy’s trial, I was at school with the ladder before sunup.

From Literature

It was almost sunup when I arrived at the hole Papa and I had dug.

From Literature

Before sunup on Jan. 8, as the Eaton fire roared across the San Gabriel Mountains, a blaze of texts and calls lit up my phone with a ferocity of their own.

From Los Angeles Times

Taking part while going without food and water from sunup to sundown made things harder.

From New York Times