"stand-up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more stand-up [comparative], most stand-up [superlative]
Etymology: Deverbal from stand up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|stand up}} Deverbal from stand up Head templates: {{en-adj}} stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)
  1. Honest; honorable. Categories (topical): People Translations (honest, honorable): почтен (počten) (Bulgarian), suoraselkäinen (Finnish), onest (Romanian), de încredere (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-adj-65YB~kL5 Disambiguation of People: 28 6 0 10 3 26 8 2 15 Disambiguation of 'honest, honorable': 95 3 0 1
  2. Upright; while standing. Translations (upright): прав (prav) (Bulgarian), изправен (izpraven) (Bulgarian), suora (Finnish), vertical [masculine] (Romanian), drept [masculine] (Romanian), perpendicular [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-adj-587rbPFy Disambiguation of 'upright': 3 83 4 10
  3. Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-adj-oZhzKA55
  4. (baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide. Categories (topical): Baseball, People
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-adj-0PUgdZPc Disambiguation of People: 28 6 0 10 3 26 8 2 15 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stand-up bass, stand-up bassist, stand-up comedy, stand-up guy, stand-up hockey, stand-up meeting Translations (performed while standing): seisova (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'performed while standing': 1 48 45 7

Noun

Forms: stand-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from stand up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|stand up}} Deverbal from stand up Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)
  1. (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy Translations (performance of stand-up comedy): 相聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 相声 (xiàngsheng) (Chinese Mandarin), 單口相聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 单口相声 (dānkǒu xiàngsheng) (Chinese Mandarin), stand-up-komedia (Finnish), סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ (sténdap) [masculine] (Hebrew), uppistand [neuter] (Icelandic), スタンドアップ (sutandoappu) (Japanese), スタンダップコメディ (sutandoappu komedi) (Japanese), 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop) (Korean), 스탠드업 코미디 (seutaendeueop komidi) (Korean), stand-up [masculine] (Polish), стенда́п (stɛndáp) [masculine] (Russian), стенда́п-коме́дия (stɛndáp-komédija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-noun-cAJkCE11 Disambiguation of Comedy: 1 6 3 6 54 19 8 3 1 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 1 17 10 13 26 8 10 9 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 9 16 28 8 10 8 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 16 9 13 28 7 11 9 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 12 7 10 37 5 12 8 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 16 9 12 28 6 11 9 6 Disambiguation of 'performance of stand-up comedy': 85 5 6 3 1
  2. (countable) A comedian who performs on stage. Tags: countable Categories (topical): People Translations (comedian who performs on stage): ståuppare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-noun-ARY-nouc Disambiguation of People: 28 6 0 10 3 26 8 2 15 Disambiguation of 'comedian who performs on stage': 10 81 6 2 1
  3. (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-noun-6OYY4rUK
  4. (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity). Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-noun-VgLlF9WP
  5. (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee. Tags: countable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-stand-up-en-noun-7t1gWYT~ Disambiguation of People: 28 6 0 10 3 26 8 2 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stand, stand up Translations (stand-up meeting): seisova kokous (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'stand-up meeting': 39 11 12 34 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity)."
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        "(countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee."
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      "sense": "stand-up meeting",
      "word": "seisova kokous"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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          "slide"
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        "(baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide."
      ],
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        "of a hit"
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        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počten",
      "sense": "honest, honorable",
      "word": "почтен"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "honest, honorable",
      "word": "suoraselkäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "honest, honorable",
      "word": "onest"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "honest, honorable",
      "word": "de încredere"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prav",
      "sense": "upright",
      "word": "прав"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpraven",
      "sense": "upright",
      "word": "изправен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "upright",
      "word": "suora"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "upright",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vertical"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "upright",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drept"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "upright",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perpendicular"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "performed while standing",
      "word": "seisova"
    }
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  "word": "stand-up"
}

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    "English deverbals",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
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            "der": "1"
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        }
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      "text": "→⇒ Finnish: stand-up-komedia"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "uppistand",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Icelandic: uppistand",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "⇒ Icelandic: uppistand"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ja",
            "2": "スタンドアップ",
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            "tr": "sutandoappu"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Japanese: スタンドアップ (sutandoappu)"
    },
    {
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          "args": {
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            "2": "스탠드업",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Korean: 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "sténdap"
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          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ (sténdap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: stand-up",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: stand-up"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "стенда́п",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: стенда́п (stendáp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: стенда́п (stendáp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "standupero",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ Spanish: standupero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "templates": [
        {
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            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: ståuppare (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: ståuppare (calque)"
    }
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      },
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  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.",
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        }
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        "A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage"
      ],
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        "(uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage"
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A comedian who performs on stage."
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        "(countable) A comedian who performs on stage."
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        "countable"
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event."
      ],
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        [
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          "broadcast",
          "broadcast"
        ],
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          "announcer",
          "announcer"
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        "(countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity)."
      ],
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        "(countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
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        "English countable nouns"
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      "glosses": [
        "A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee."
      ],
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        "(countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee."
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        "countable"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "相聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngsheng",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "相声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "單口相聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dānkǒu xiàngsheng",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "单口相声"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "stand-up-komedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sténdap",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uppistand"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sutandoappu",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "スタンドアップ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sutandoappu komedi",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "スタンダップコメディ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutaendeueop",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "스탠드업"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutaendeueop komidi",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "word": "스탠드업 코미디"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stand-up"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stɛndáp",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стенда́п"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stɛndáp-komédija",
      "sense": "performance of stand-up comedy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стенда́п-коме́дия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "comedian who performs on stage",
      "word": "ståuppare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stand-up meeting",
      "word": "seisova kokous"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand-up"
}

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