straight up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Of an alcoholic drink, chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and strained before being served in a cocktail glass, with no ice.
adj
Example Sentences
- "She told me straight up that she didn't want to go, then surprised me by coming."
- "She straight up hates him."
- ""You lied. Straight up lied to me to my face. I thought we were better than that, Nickey. I asked you if you were sleeping with him, if you two were serious. You said no.""
- ""It took a while though," he lied straight up to his brother. I knew damn well that if he could read minds, then his brother could too, but I guessed he wouldn't have wanted to."
- "Wow, this food is straight up delicious."
- "Gimme a margarita, straight up."
Etymology
From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up.