"straight up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-straight up.wav
Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|streight up|t=straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest}} Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), {{af|en|straight|up|nocat=1}} straight + up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} straight up (not comparable)
  1. open, frank Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adj-tUvNIJ90
  2. Alternative form of straight-up Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: straight-up
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adj-OjwfYOmu

Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-straight up.wav
Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|streight up|t=straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest}} Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), {{af|en|straight|up|nocat=1}} straight + up Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} straight up (not comparable)
  1. Truthfully; honestly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adv-0Ak3NiMg
  2. Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adv-Yd3-F6or Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 7 0 40 3 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 5 0 43 2 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 0 45 2 51
  3. (slang, modifying an adjective) To the utmost degree; really. Tags: not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adv-kZxi4AVm
  4. Chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a cocktail glass, with no ice. (of an alcoholic drink) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (alcoholic drink): up Coordinate_terms (alcoholic drink): neat
    Sense id: en-straight_up-en-adv-MGbKxayj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 7 0 40 3 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 5 0 43 2 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 0 45 2 51 Disambiguation of 'alcoholic drink': 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'alcoholic drink': 0 0 0 100

Alternative forms

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