walk-up

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Reached by stairs rather than an elevator.

2. 2

   Containing such flats.

3. 3

   For which no appointment is necessary.

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   1. 4

      An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.

      • 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 […]
      • They took a cab and climbed the four flights to Sasha's Lower East Side walk-up.
   2. 5

      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.
   3. 6

      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.
   4. 7

      A customer who arrives without a reservation

      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.
   5. 8

      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.
   6. 9

      Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.

   7. 10

      A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.

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