stand-up

Deverbal from stand up.

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

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 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.

4. (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, →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.

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

• stand
• stand up

• dustpan, upstand

Unadapted borrowing from English stand-up.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛn.dap/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndap
• Syllabification: stan‧d-up

stand-up m inan

1. (comedy) stand-up comedy

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