walk-up
See also: walkup and Walkup
English
Adjective
walk-up (not comparable)
- (of an apartment etc) Reached by stairs rather than an elevator.
- (of a block of apartments) Containing such flats.
- (of a service) For which no appointment is necessary.
- Synonym: walk-in
Noun
walk-up (plural walk-ups)
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 228:
- 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 […]
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Found Objects”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
- They took a cab and climbed the four flights to Sasha's Lower East Side walk-up.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 228:
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.