also standup
( stand-ups)
1.
A stand-up comic or comedian stands alone in front of an audience and tells jokes.
Women do not normally break into the big time by doing stand-up comedy.
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Stand-up is also a noun.
...one of the worst stand-ups alive.
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2.
Stand-up is stand-up comedy.
...getting by on likeability, professionalism and the kind of nerve you need to do stand-up.
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3.
If people have a stand-up argument or fight, they stand up and shout at each other or hit each other violently.
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