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stand-up Definition

stand·-up (-up′)

adjective

  1. standing upright or erect
  2. done, taken, etc. in a standing position a stand-up lunch
  3. high, stiff, and without folds: said of a collar
  4. ☆ designating or of a comedian who delivers monologues, tells a series of jokes, etc., as in nightclubs
  5. Slang designating or having to do with a loyal, courageous person who will stand up resolutely for friends, principles, etc. a stand-up guy

stand-up Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • straight: Internationally acclaimed comedienne Shazia Mirza departs from straight stand-up to reveal stories and characters from her physical and emotional travels.
  • about: But it's not just about stand-up, with lots of other events too!
  • sometime: A policeman and sometime stand-up has been suspended because jokes he tells in his act have been deemed offensive.
  • ever: In the Autumn of 1988, Sue Perkins got on stage to perform her first ever stand-up routine.
  • live: Nominated: The Jonathan Ross Show, The Sunday Format Best live stand-up: Victoria Wood.
  • just: And not just stand-up comedy things, either, but also the hovercraft, the hydraulic sleeve valve and determinism.

Adjective modifier

  • live: He was nominated by the Comedy Store in the category Best Live Stand-Up at the British Comedy Awards.

Modifies a noun

  • comedian: The first female stand-up comedian in North America, revealed.
  • comedy: Lenny Henry hosts the best of British stand-up comedy, filmed live in Montreal in 2005.
  • comic: These aren't your normal stand-up comics with a guitar.
  • comedienne: Well, her father wrote a film for her in which she was to play a stand-up comedienne.
  • routine: Leave the stand-up comic routine to the best man.
  • collar: Comprises black dress with orange arms and stand-up collar with fine web print pattern.

Used with adjective complement

  • perform: In the 1980s, she performed stand-up at miners ' strike benefits.
  • do: He started doing stand-up in his second year at Oxford.
  • love: His reply is short and sweet: " I just love stand-up.
  • try: Frank Skinner was famously 30 years old before he tried stand-up for the first time.
  • start: Started stand-up due to fantastic financial problems 8 years ago.
  • begin: Bruce began stand-up in July 1995 after over a decade of writing for some of Australia's biggest names in comedy.