English Explanatory Dictionary

straight-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. True; unambiguous; unqualified; plainly so, with no bones about it.
  2. Of an alcoholic drink: served straight up.
adv
  1. Alternative form of straight up.

Word forms

straight-up

Etymology

From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up.

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