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   stand-up

   /ˈstandʌp/

   adjective

   • 1. involving, done by, or engaged in by people standing up: "a stand-up party"
   • ▪ (of comedy or a comedian) performed or performing by standing in front of an audience and telling jokes: "a stand-up comic"
   • 2. (of a fight or argument) involving direct confrontation: "she had a stand-up row with her husband"
   • ▪ courageous and loyal in a combative way: informal US "he was a stand-up kind of guy"
   • 3. designed to stay upright or erect: "indigo blue shirts with stand-up collars"

   noun

   • 1. a comedian who performs by standing in front of an audience and telling jokes.
   • ▪ stand-up comedy: "he began doing stand-up when he was fifteen"
   • ▪ a brief monologue by a television news reporter: "Coleman left the media pack doing stand-ups on the roof"
   • 2. a short meeting of a kind held regularly by people working on a project together, at which participants discuss their progress and typically stand rather than sit: "for us daily stand-ups were a huge help"
   • 3. a fight or argument involving direct confrontation: "we have had stand-ups, pitch invasions, and red cards"

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