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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : stand-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌʌp



Definition of stand-up

Origin :
  • "courageous," 1811, originally of fist fights. To stand (someone) up "fail to keep an appointment" is attested from 1902. Stand-up comic first attested 1966.
  • As in perpendicular : adj at right angles to
  • As in right : adj fair, just
  • As in upright : adj straight-up
  • As in funnyman : noun joker
Example sentences :
  • The edge of a stand-up collar, stiff with gold embroidery, rubbed her cheek.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He lighted one, and stuck it on the ledge of the stand-up desk.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • There is no harm in a stand-up fight with the weapons of nature.
  • Extract from : « The Making Of A Novelist » by David Christie Murray
  • There were ladies in coats and stand-up collars, and gentlemen with ringlets.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • This will do away with the stand-up look that sleeves sometimes have.
  • Extract from : « Textiles and Clothing » by Kate Heintz Watson
  • "We needn't face each other as if we were going to have a stand-up fight," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Marriage of Elinor » by Margaret Oliphant
  • I knew—as he knew—that it was a stand-up fight with death, and in a pause told him so.
  • Extract from : « Dracula » by Bram Stoker
  • Of the five men in his boat, not one but might have whipped him in a stand-up fight.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Bride » by Ben Ames Williams
  • You and she, I foresee, will have a stand-up fight for it at least once a week.
  • Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
  • It was a stand-up fight between the man of facts and the man of letters.
  • Extract from : « The Tysons » by May Sinclair

Synonyms for stand-up

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