stand-up (redirected from stand-ups)

stand·up or stand-up  (stndp)

adj.

1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar.

2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar.

3. Of or designating a performer who stands alone on a stage, as in a nightclub, and delivers a comic monologue.

4. Slang Courageous and steadfast: a standup guy.

n.

Standup comedy.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

stand-up - requiring a standing position; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic" erect, upright, vertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

Translations

stand-up [ˈstændʌp]

A. ADJ stand-up buffet → comida f tomada de pie
stand-up collar → cuello m alto
stand-up fight (lit) → pelea f violenta (fig) → altercado m violento

B. N (also stand-up comedian, stand-up comic) → cómico/a m/f (also stand-up comedy) → comedia f

stand-up [ˈstændˌʌp] adj (fight, argument) → accanito/a; (meal) → in piedi
stand-up comedian → comico da cabaret