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English
Etymology
Deverbal from stand up.
Adjective
stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)
- Honest; honorable.
He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.
- Upright; while standing.
- stand-up comedy
- Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.
Every morning we have a stand-up meeting.
- (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
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Noun
stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (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.
- (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.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
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Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English stand-up.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛn.dap/
- Rhymes: -ɛndap
- Syllabification: stan‧d-up
Noun
stand-up m inan
- (comedy) stand-up comedy
Declension
Further reading
- stand-up in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- stand-up in Polish dictionaries at PWN