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.

Descendants

• → Hebrew: סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ‎ (sténdap)

Translations

performance of stand-up comedy

• Finnish: stand-up -komedia
• Icelandic: uppistand n

• Polish: stand-up (pl) m

stand-up meeting

• Finnish: seisova kokous

See also

• stand
• stand up

Anagrams

• dustpan, upstand

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Polish

Etymology

From English stand-up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛn.dap/

Noun

stand-up m inan

1. (comedy) stand-up comedy

Declension

declension of stand-up

	singular	plural
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

Further reading

• stand-up in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stand-up in Polish dictionaries at PWN