"Tupperize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Tupperizes [present, singular, third-person], Tupperizing [participle, present], Tupperized [participle, past], Tupperized [past]
Etymology: From Tupper + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Tupper|ize}} Tupper + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Tupperize (third-person singular simple present Tupperizes, present participle Tupperizing, simple past and past participle Tupperized)
  1. (transitive) To adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Tupperize-en-verb-zxNL4R4l Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
  2. To write in the style of the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).
    Sense id: en-Tupperize-en-verb-a5ZB3EXH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55

Inflected forms

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