ALL meanings of straight-up
straight-up
S s - adjective straight-up without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. 1
- adjective straight-up exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table. 1
- adjective straight-up (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point. 1
- adjective straight-up evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders. 1
- adjective straight-up without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking. 1
- adjective straight-up honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons. 1
- adjective straight-up Informal. reliable, as a report or information. 1
- adjective straight-up right or correct, as reasoning, thinking, or a thinker. 1
- adjective straight-up in the proper order or condition: Things are straight now. 1
- adjective straight-up continuous or unbroken: in straight succession. 1
- adjective straight-up thoroughgoing or unreserved: a straight Republican. 1
- adjective straight-up supporting or cast for all candidates of one political party: to vote a straight ticket. 1
- adjective straight-up unmodified or unaltered: a straight comedy. 1
- adjective straight-up without change in the original melody or tempo: She does straight songs, with just the piano backing her. 1
- adjective straight-up Informal. heterosexual. traditional; conventional. free from using narcotics. not engaged in crime; law-abiding; reformed. 1
- adjective straight-up undiluted, as whiskey. 1
- adjective straight-up Theater. (of acting) straightforward; not striving for effect. 1
- adjective straight-up Journalism. written or to be written in a direct and objective manner, with no attempt at individual styling, comment, etc.: She gave me a straight story. Treat it as straight news. 1
- adjective straight-up Cards. containing cards in consecutive denominations, as a two, three, four, five, and six, in various suits. 1
- adverb straight-up in a straight line: to walk straight. 1
- adverb straight-up in an even form or position: pictures hung straight. 1
- adverb straight-up in an erect posture: to stand up straight. 1
- adverb straight-up directly: to go straight to a place. 1
- adverb straight-up without circumlocution; frankly; candidly (often followed by out). 1
- adverb straight-up honestly, honorably, or virtuously: to live straight. 1
- adverb straight-up without intricate involvement; not in a roundabout way; to the point. 1
- adverb straight-up in a steady course (often followed by on): to keep straight on after the second traffic light. 1
- adverb straight-up into the proper form or condition; in order: to put a room straight. 1
- adverb straight-up in possession of the truth or of true ideas: I want to set you straight before you make mistakes. 1
- adverb straight-up sold without discount regardless of the quantity bought: Candy bars are twenty cents straight. 1
- adverb straight-up Journalism. directly and objectively: Write the circus story straight. 1
- adverb straight-up without personal embellishments, additions, etc.: Tell the story straight. Sing the song straight. 1
- adverb straight-up (of liquor) served or drunk without ice, a mixer, or water; neat: He drank his whiskey straight. 1
- noun straight-up the condition of being straight. 1
- noun straight-up a straight form or position. 1
- noun straight-up a straight line. 1
- noun straight-up a straight part, as of a racecourse. 1
- noun straight-up Informal. a heterosexual. a person who follows traditional or conventional mores. a person who is free from narcotics. 1
- noun straight-up Chiefly Games. a succession of strokes, plays, etc., which gives a perfect score. 1
- idioms straight-up go straight, Informal. to live a law-abiding life; no longer engage in crime. 1
- idioms straight-up play it straight, Informal. to do something without jokes, tricks, subterfuge, distortions, or the like: a comedian who plays it straight when he crusades against drug abuse. 1
- idioms straight-up straight off, without delay; immediately: I told him straight off what I thought about the matter. Also, straight away. 1
- idioms straight-up straight up, (of a cocktail) served without ice: a gin martini straight up. 1