stand-up

See also: standup and stand up

English

Adjective

stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)

1. Honest; honorable.

   He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.

2. Upright; while standing.

   stand-up comedy

3. Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.

   every morning we have a stand-up meeting

4. (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

• stand-up comedy
• stand-up meeting

Translations

honest, honorable

• Finnish: suoraselkäinen (fi)

• Romanian: onest (ro), de încredere

upright

• Finnish: suora (fi)

• Romanian: vertical (ro) m, drept (ro) m, perpendicular (ro) m

performed while standing

• Finnish: seisova (fi)

Noun

stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)

1. (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage

   Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.

2. (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
3. (countable) A short meeting performed while standing up.

   How come you weren't at the stand-up this morning?

4. (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.

Translations

performance of stand-up comedy

• Finnish: stand-up -komedia (fi)

stand-up meeting

• Finnish: seisova kokous

See also

• stand
• stand up

Anagrams

• dustpan, upstand