straight up1
/ˌstreɪtˈʌp/informal
1British Truthfully; honestly: come on, Bert, I won’t hurt you—straight up...
- Straight up, I didn't laugh once during this entire flick!
- Well, let me tell you straight up: I've never changed my mind about the war.
- She had asked him straight up if there was anything going on between the two co-stars and he denied it.
2chiefly North American Unmixed; unadulterated: a dry martini served straight up...
- This is a vodka to be drunk straight up, and one that is good for the martini drinker.
See parent entry: straight
straight-up2
adjective North American informal
1Honest and trustworthy: you sounded like a straight-up guy...
- The record struck a chord with me as just straight-up beautiful and honest songwriting.
- I knew Maloney when I was in Seattle - he was an earnest, straight-up guy.
- He's a true perfectionist and straight-up stickler for detail.
1.1Truly so called; genuine: a straight-up suspense tale...
- Avowed influences include everything from The B-52s to math rock by way of good ol' straight-up punk, making want to party!
- Which is why the straight-up truth rarely enters into the American political conversation.
- They do straight-up new wave, no air quotes or knowing smirks attached.
Rhymes
- Fortas, Abe
- Fort Collins
- Fort-de-France
- Fort Dodge
- forte
- Fortean
- Forteana
- forte piano
- fortepiano
- forth
- for that matter
- forthcoming
- forthcomingness
- for the asking
- for the benefit of
- for the duration
- for the fun of it
- for the hell of it
- for the life of me
- for the love of God
- for the love of Mike
- for the moment
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for the pot