Definition of "brushup" []

• Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Vatican insiders say the brushup is the latest sign that the troubles in Rome run deeper than just the Pope's apparent difficulty in facing accusations about his role in the church's dark past on this issue."
• "We Americans all can use more than a brushup on our knowledge of civic life."
• "I remember a gathering at which Tempelsman held forth on ancient Egyptian art, while Ed Schlossberg gave somebody a quick brushup on conceptual art."