Definitions for stand-up

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Spelling: [stand-uhp]

IPA: /ˈstændˌʌp/

Stand-Up is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in stand-up (-adnpstu).

Definitions for stand-up

adjective

1. standing erect or upright, as a collar.
2. performed, taken, etc., while one stands:
3. designed for or requiring a standing position:
4. (of a fight) characterized by the rapid exchange of many blows with little attention given to defensive maneuvering.
5. characterized by an erect or bold stance:
6. Baseball. (of a double or triple) pertaining to a hit that allows the hitter to reach the base safely without having to slide.
7. (of a comedian) delivering a comic monologue while alone on the stage.

Origin of stand-up

First recorded in 1580-90; adj. use of verb phrase stand up

Examples for stand-up

The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

The edge of a stand-up collar, stiff with gold embroidery, rubbed her cheek.

Early this year, Cosby had a sitcom in development for NBC and a stand-up special in development for Netflix.

Spencer, 27,  is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

I read that the series Hello Ladies came from a stand-up show of yours.

There were ladies in coats and stand-up collars, and gentlemen with ringlets.

This will do away with the stand-up look that sleeves sometimes have.

He lighted one, and stuck it on the ledge of the stand-up desk.

I watch his stand-up, I watch Chris Rock's, I read Baldwin and Baraka, I listen to Kanye.

There is no harm in a stand-up fight with the weapons of nature.