"bud up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: buds up [present, singular, third-person], budding up [participle, present], budded up [participle, past], budded up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bud up (third-person singular simple present buds up, present participle budding up, simple past and past participle budded up)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bud_up-en-verb-9OzuO2hQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: buds up [present, singular, third-person], budding up [participle, present], budded up [participle, past], budded up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bud up (third-person singular simple present buds up, present participle budding up, simple past and past participle budded up)
  1. Synonym of buddy up Synonyms: buddy up [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-bud_up-en-verb-~KQuPqX1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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