(transitive, idiomatic) To telephone; to call someone on the telephone. / (transitive) To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.

(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed. / (transitive) To destroy by burning. / (transitive) To anger; to annoy. / (intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed.

(dated) A high-speed ride in or on a motorcycle or other vehicle.

(colloquial) Nervous; worried.

That has increased; heightened

That increases in stages. / (of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage.

(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.

(Britain) warmed-over

simple past tense and past participle of pucker up

A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion). / A sudden intensification in activity.