Anagrams of: PUPATING

• the sound of light blow or knock

• uncastrated adult male sheep

• being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

• to a higher intensity

• nearer to the speaker

• to a more central or a more northerly place

• to a later time

• out of bed

• getting higher or more vigorous

• extending or moving toward a higher place

• (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness

• open

• (used of computers) operating properly

• used up

• raise

• a recording made on magnetic tape

• A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.

• The person so depicted.

• Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc.

• an American hickory tree having bitter nuts

• an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

• To behave like an ape.

• To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

• Foolish imitation or mimicry.

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

• make a painting

• apply paint to; coat with paint

• make a painting of

• apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil