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stand-up

stand-up

35 3.7
A short meeting where team members stand and give brief updates about work
  • noun
  • /ˈstændˌʌp/
  • Jargon
translation icon : reunión de pie
  • We have a brief stand-up every day to discuss our goals and any obstacles we're facing.

Examples

  • During the daily stand-up, each team member shared their progress on the project.

  • The software team's morning stand-up was effective in keeping everyone informed of their tasks.

  • On another note, later that evening I made my triumphant return to the land of stand-up comedy.

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  • And aren't you gonna be the next big stand-up comic?

  • If Maher was trying to support himself only as a stand-up comedian, he would go broke.

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  • The first time I ever did stand-up in Denver, I had the same exact effect," Fugelsang said.

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  • It's a full night of stand-up comedy from the funniest people you've almost heard of.

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  • The new space features a blue carpet, game room, mini toilet, stand-up meeting space, a rooftop deck, and more!

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  • The daily 15-minute stand-up can be terrifying when it's allowed to linger on and on and on.

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  • You're at the height of your stand-up career, and you're stopping to kick around ideas?

Synonyms

catch-up
vsstand-up
  • Informal
9 3.3

An informal meeting to share news and updates

is a short regular standing meeting with brief status updates

Antonyms

21 3.6

A formal meal or meeting where people sit together to talk

How Long

workshop
175 3.3
stand-up
  • Jargon
35 3.7
huddle
  • Informal
23 4.1

Surface Forms

stand-up singular
stand-ups plural

Morphology

stand-up = stand + up (transparent) = stand + up

Elliptical compound from 'stand' + 'up' (short for 'stand-up meeting'); the meaning 'brief meeting held standing' is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Stand-up comes from the simple words stand and up, and it began as a very short meeting where people stand. So a stand-up is a quick team check-in where standing helps keep updates short.