stand-up

[ stand-uhp ]

/ ˈstændˌʌp /

standing erect or upright, as a collar.

performed, taken, etc., while one stands: a stand-up meal.

designed for or requiring a standing position: a stand-up lunch counter.

(of a fight) characterized by the rapid exchange of many blows with little attention given to defensive maneuvering.

characterized by an erect or bold stance: a stand-up batter who hits many doubles.

Baseball. (of a double or triple) pertaining to a hit that allows the hitter to reach the base safely without having to slide.

(of a comedian) delivering a comic monologue while alone on the stage.

Origin of stand-up

First recorded in 1580–90; adj. use of verb phrase stand up

Spencer, 27, is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

Meet Stephen Fry’s Future Husband (Who Is Less Than Half His Age) |Tom Sykes |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

BBC Reporter Gets High On The Job |Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video |December 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I watch his stand-up, I watch Chris Rock's, I read Baldwin and Baraka, I listen to Kanye.

The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting |Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Early this year, Cosby had a sitcom in development for NBC and a stand-up special in development for Netflix.

How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account |Scott Porch |December 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I read that the series Hello Ladies came from a stand-up show of yours.

Stephen Merchant Talks ‘Hello Ladies’ movie, the Nicole Kidman Cameo, and Legacy of ‘The Office’ |Marlow Stern |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Ring Master should wear a high silk hat, a stand-up collar, and a pair of boots, besides being supplied with a long whip.

The Boy Craftsman |A. Neely Hall
We exercise the greatest care with gentlemen's stand-up collars.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 3, 1920 |Various
A stand-up collar, of remarkable stiffness, kept his head at the proper level of self-respect.

In the Year of Jubilee |George Gissing
But what I am positive about is that there is no brain on the top of boys ornamented with stand-up collars.

John Bull, Junior |Max O'Rell
And he would be delighted at any time to prove in a stand-up fight the honesty of his convictions.

George Borrow and His Circle |Clement King Shorter