walk-ups

Noun

walk-up (plural walk-ups)

1. (US) 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.

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