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Definition of straight up
straight up 
adjective
- truthful. Also implies getting to the point quickly.
I'll be straight-up with you and tell you what's really going on at the factory.
- See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.
Last edited on Nov 21 2002. Submitted by Maurice J. from Fall River, MA, USA on Nov 21 2002.
adverb
- absolutely or very.
That's straight up lame.
Citation from "The Fight", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: very, extremely, completely, in a grand way.
Last edited on Aug 01 2011. Submitted by Mike C. from NJ, USA on Mar 18 2002.
- exactly, precisely.
This is straight-up what she told me...
- See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.
Last edited on Nov 21 2002. Submitted by Maurice J. from Fall River, MA, USA on Nov 21 2002.
- truthfully.
This is straight-up what happened...
This is straight-up the secret she told me...
- See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.
Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Maurice J. from Fall River, MA, USA on Nov 21 2002.
interjection
- truthfully.
Person A: Michael Jordan is coming out of retirement.
Person B: Straight up?
Citation from Rookie Blue, "Signals Crossed", Season 1 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Jeremy from Chicago, IL, USA on Dec 24 2001.
- used to add flourish, especially when describing a surprising event.
And then he straight up punched the security guard.
- See more words with the same meaning: surprised, surprising.
Last edited on Mar 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 02 2009.
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| Definitions include: very surprised. | |
| Definitions include: to unpleasantly surprise one with a fact. | |
| Definitions include: any person whom the speaker doesn't know well. | |
| Definitions include: a person or object that erred. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual "move" performed by putting two fingers in the vagina and one in the anus. | |
| Definitions include: to take LSD. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive person. | |
| Definitions include: shock experienced upon seeing the selling price of an item. | |
Other terms relating to 'to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess': | |
| Definitions include: to tell the authorities details of a crime; "rat out". | |
| Definitions include: honestly. | |
| Definitions include: serious, not kidding. | |
| Definitions include: to promise that what one is saying is true. | |
| Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though". | |
| Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake. | |
| Definitions include: to represent. | |
| Definitions include: to be truthful. | |
| Definitions include: to confess. | |
| Definitions include: truthful, honest. | |
| Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade. | |
| Definitions include: to inform about a crime. | |
| Definitions include: to act without worrying about decorum. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation. | |
| Definitions include: fine; okay. | |
Other terms relating to 'very, extremely, completely, in a grand way': | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: extremely. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: "very". | |
| Definitions include: greatly. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: Also freaking; fricking. | |
| Definitions include: an intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: very. | |
| Definitions include: very. | |
| Definitions include: fully; extraordinarily; powerfully. | |
| Definitions include: very. | |
| Definitions include: in a grand way. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is strange or different. | |
| Definitions include: many or much. | |
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| Definitions include: to be truthful. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase indicating approval, excitement, or support; "right on". | |
| Definitions include: milder version of "damn straight." | |
| Definitions include: to stop committing crime. | |
| Definitions include: "I'm straight." | |
| Definitions include: to restrain from laughing. | |
| Definitions include: to chastise. | |
| Definitions include: fine; okay. | |
| Definitions include: immediately. | |
| Definitions include: the truth. | |
| Definitions include: A way of life developed by Minor Threat, referring to a person who resists mind-altering substances, such as alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana, and also does not engage in premarital sex. | |
| Definitions include: awesome or cool | |
| Definitions include: straight from the source of said thing. | |
| Definitions include: straight (i.e. very) good. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. also simply "lace" | |
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Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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