1. The act of making something clean
   "he gave his shoes a good cleanup";
   - cleaning, cleansing, clean
    
2. A very large profit
   "The investors made a cleanup when the startup went public";
   - killing [informal]
    
3. (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
   "The team's star slugger typically bats in the cleanup position";
   - cleanup position, cleanup spot

1. Put (things or places) in order
   "We cleaned up the garage before winter";
   - tidy, tidy up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away [N. Amer], declutter
    
2. Make oneself clean, presentable or neat
   "Clean up before you go to the party"
    
3. Finish attending to
   "The accountant cleaned up the remaining tax forms"; "Let's clean up these invoices before the end of the day"
    
4. Make a big profit; often in a short period of time
   "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

Derived forms: cleans up, cleaning up, cleaned up, cleanups

Type of: earnings, groom, improvement, lucre, neaten, net, net income, net profit, order, position, profit, profits, settle, turn a profit

Part of: batting order, card, lineup, line-up

Encyclopedia: Cleanup