Stand-up

Definition: Stand-up

Stand-up

Adjective

1. Requiring a standing position; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic".

2. Of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stand-up" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references)

Synonym: Stand-up

So if he can't move, how's he gonna sit down, George? I was a stand-up tomato: a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato! (Tootsie; writing credit: Larry Gelbart; Don McGuire)

They're stand-up guys (Thief; writing credit: Frank Hohimer; Michael Mann)

I'm a stand-up philosopher. (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

The Stand-up Show (1999)

Stand-up.dk (1997)

Stand-Up Spotlight (1988)

Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential (1987)

Stand-Up Reagan (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Stand-Up Against Domestic Violence (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• VTECH VT64-9118 Stand-Up Cordless Phone in Vibrant Colors (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Travel

Bulgaria

Companies use stand-up evening receptions at hotels, restaurants, trade shows, and even museums and auto showrooms for public relations and to solidify business relationships. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

shkëmbim me goditje (stand-up fight). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бой с юмруци (fisticuffs, punch-up, stand-up fight). (various references)

Czech

pìstní potyèka (stand up, stand-up fight). (various references)

Danish

ståpose (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch). (various references)

Dutch

stazak (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch), opklapbare figuur (stand-up figure). (various references)

Finnish

pystykaulus (stand-up collar), litteä pussi (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch). (various references)

French

sachet � fond plat (stand-up pouch), illustration se dressant en relief (stand-up figure). (various references)

German

stehkragen (dog collar, stand up collar, stand-up collar, wing collar), stehausschank (stand-up bar), Standbeutel (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch), Bild das sich beim Oeffnen des Buches reliefartig aufrichter (stand-up figure). (various references)

Greek 

σακίδιο με επίπεδο πάτο (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch), εικονογράφηση ανορθούμενη κατά το άνοιγμα του βιβλίου (stand-up figure). (various references)

Hungarian

szimpla kemény gallér (stand-up collar), szimpla gallér (stand-up collar), szilárd kőzet (stand-up formation), szabályszerű (formal, legitimate, normal, proper, regular, regulation, stand-up fight, true), szabályos mérkőzés (stand-up fight), szálban álló kőzet (stand-up formation), nyílt harcban (in stand-up fight), mérkőzés (contest, encounter, fixture, match, stand-up fight), formális csata (stand-up fight), eltökélt fickó (stand-up guy), bokszmérkõzés szabályosan (stand-up fight), bátor fickó (stand-up guy), állógallér (stand-up collar), álló gallér (stand-up collar). (various references)

Italian

sacchetto a fondo piatto (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch), illustrazione che si solleva all'apertura del libro (stand-up figure). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

詰め襟 (stand-up collar), 立食 (buffet, stand-up meal), 立ち襟 (stand-up collar), スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scoop, scope, scoping, scopophilia, score, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stability, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たちえり (stand-up collar), つめえり (stand-up collar), りっしょく (buffet, stand-up meal), スタンドカラー (stand-up collar). (various references)

Korean 

서십시�" 위로. (various references)

Pig Latin

and-upstay

Portuguese

engomado (gummy), duro (adamant, callous, cornered, crapy, crusty, die-hard, flinty, grueling, gruelling, gruff, hard, hard-boiled, hard-up, heartless, iron, iron-bound, jarring, marble, non-ductile, racking, rocky, rough, rugged, set, severe, shrewd, sinewy, solid, stern, stiff, toilsome, tough, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unyielding, wiry), direito (claim, correct, dexter, downright, dyed-in-the, endlong, entitlement, erect, freehearted, jurisprudence, justice, law, lien, respectable, right, righteous, righthand, royalty, standing, straight, straightaway, straightforward, title, unswerving, upright, upstanding, vertical, warrant), alto (aloud, altisonant, bump, elevated, great, height, high, high-flown, hightoned, lofty, loud, loudly, rangy, screaming, screamy, stop, tall, top). (various references)

Romanian

lupta în toatã legea (stand-up fight), guler tare (choker, stand-up collar). (various references)

Russian 

стоячий (erect, stand up, standup, upstanding). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pravilna borba (stand-up fight). (various references)

Spanish

ilustración que se levanta en relieve (stand-up figure), bolsa de fondo plano (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch). (various references)

Swedish

ståuppkomiker (stand-up comedian), måltid som intas stående (stand-up meal), flatbottnad påse (butt-ended bag, flat-ended bag, stand-up pouch). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không gian dối ở vị trí đứng, đứng (upright). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dustpan, standup, upstand.

-1 letter: daunts.

-2 letters: adust, aunts, daunt, dauts, dunts, pants, punas, punts, sputa, stand, stupa, tunas, unapt.

-3 letters: ands, ants, anus, aunt, daps, daut, duns, dunt, dups, dust, naps, nuts, pads, pans, pant, past, pats, puds, puna, puns, punt, puts, sand, snap, span, spat, spud, spun, stud, stun, tads, tans, taps, taus, tuna, tuns, tups.

+1 letter: dustpans, upstands.

+2 letters: disputant, supinated.

+3 letters: disputants, outspanned, pantsuited, supplanted, underpants, underparts, unstrapped, upstanding.

+4 letters: cuspidation, deputations, disputation, inaptitudes, pastureland, unaspirated, unseparated.

+5 letters: antependiums, cuspidations, deuteranopes, disputations, duplications, encapsulated, indisputable, indisputably, outspreading, pasturelands, postdiluvian, repudiations, thunderclaps, undisputable.