walk-up
/ˈwɔkʌp/
walk-up adjective: reached by stairs rather than an elevator.
Adjective
walk-up (not comparable)
- Reached by stairs rather than an elevator.
- Containing such flats.
- For which no appointment is necessary.
- Synonyms:
- walk-in
Noun
walk-up (plural walk-ups)
- An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- I became the tenant of a walk-up on East Tenth Street, on the north side of Tompkins Square, found for me by the seemingly omni-connected Ian McEwan […]2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 228
- They took a cab and climbed the four flights to Sasha's Lower East Side walk-up.2010, Jennifer Egan, “Found Objects”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad
- An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- Pilot walk-ups welcomed for real-time satellite and radar weather imaging information.1993, Flying Magazine, volume 120, number 10, page 33
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- Western mountains are easy walk-ups. Eastern mountains are hard crawl-ups, but no oxygen problems.2009, Richard Norgaard, Controlling Your Future: Six Steps To A Better Life, page 97
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- The first hour is for walk-ups only, with one foursome per hour reserved for walk-ups as well.2015, Paul Laubach, Confessions of a Golfaholic, page 205
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- Soba is […] making appearances everywhere from street food walk-ups to fine dining restaurants.2021, Katie Takayasu, Plants First, page 266
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
- A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A place where one can approach by walking, as a walk-in.
- There is a walk-up window at the post office.
Synonyms of walk-up
Forms of walk-up
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | walkup |
| Noun | |
| plural | walk-ups |
Origin of walk-up
Deverbal from walk up. (northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call.
Questions about walk-up
- What does walk-up mean?
- Walk-up means reached by stairs rather than an elevator.
- What part of speech is walk-up?
- Walk-up can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce walk-up?
- Walk-up is pronounced /ˈwɔkʌp/.
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