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Walk-up
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reached by stairs rather than an elevator. not-comparable
- 2 Containing such flats. not-comparable
- 3 For which no appointment is necessary. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 a building with no elevator wordnet
Noun
- 1 An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. US
"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 […]"
- 2 an apartment building without an elevator wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 an apartment in a building without an elevator wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 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."
- 7 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."
- 8 Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
- 9 A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Deverbal from walk up; (northern flicker): imitative of the bird's call.
Etymology 2
Deverbal from walk up; (northern flicker): imitative of the bird's call.
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