stand-up
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)
- Honest; honorable.
- He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.
- Upright; while standing.
- stand-up comedy
- Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.
- Every morning we have a stand-up meeting.
- (baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide.
- stand-up double; stand-up triple
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
honest, honorable
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upright
Noun[edit]
stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
- Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
- 2012, R. M. Reed, M. K. Reed, The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video, page 508:
- Reporters covet standups rather than the voiceover narration of news footage because it puts their faces on the air.
- (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).
- How come you weren't at the stand-up this morning?
- 2022 November 4, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, “Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Esther Crawford, a project manager, asked people to join a “standup” meeting at 9:30 p.m. in San Francisco on Thursday as some layoff notices went out.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
Descendants[edit]
- →⇒ Finnish: stand-up-komedia
- ⇒ Icelandic: uppistand
- → Japanese: スタンドアップ (sutandoappu)
- → Korean: 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop)
- → Hebrew: סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ (sténdap)
- → Polish: stand-up
- → Russian: стенда́п (stendáp)
- →⇒ Spanish: standupero
- → Swedish: ståuppare (calque)
Translations[edit]
performance of stand-up comedy
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comedian who performs on stage
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stand-up meeting
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English stand-up.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stand-up m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of stand-up
singular | plural | |
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nominative | stand-up | stand-upy |
genitive | stand-upu | stand-upów |
dative | stand-upowi | stand-upom |
accusative | stand-up | stand-upy |
instrumental | stand-upem | stand-upami |
locative | stand-upie | stand-upach |
vocative | stand-upie | stand-upy |
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