straight-upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

straight-up (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) True; unambiguous; unqualified; plainly so, with no bones about it.

   From her recent comments, I think she's a straight-up racist.

   • 2012 May 21, Robert McMillan, “How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads”, in Wired:

     Because it doesn’t actually produce anything, some knock Rockstar as a straight-up patent troll.

   • 2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan‎:

     Want to smell like a straight-up snack on a budget? Try out one of #PerfumeTok's favorite scents with notes of milk chocolate, creamy vanilla, and soft musks.

2. Of an alcoholic drink: served straight up.

   I'm going to go get a straight-up cocktail.

副詞

straight-up (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of straight up

語源

From 中期英語 streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight +‎ up.

発音

副詞

straight up (not comparable)

1. (informal) Truthfully; honestly.
2. (informal) Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly.

   She told me straight up that she didn't want to go, then surprised me by coming.

   She straight up hates him.

   • 2008 March 25, La Jill Hunt, No More Drama, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 108:

     "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."

   • 2020 November 24, Eileen Aiyana Taylor, The Vampire Peasant: A Sinister Heart Novel, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

     "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.

3. (slang, modifying an adjective) To the utmost degree; really.

   Wow, this food is straight up delicious.

4. Of an alcoholic drink, chilled, (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a cocktail glass, with no ice.

   Gimme a margarita, straight up.

使用する際の注意点

• There is significant confusion in the use of straight up and other terms in common bartending use; see the usage note for neat.

同意語

• (truthfully): See also Thesaurus:honestly
• (alcoholic drink): up

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “alcoholic drink”): on the rocks

等位語

• (alcoholic drink): neat

形容詞

straight up (not comparable)

1. Open, frank.
   • 1984, Joe Biden, “Women in Development: Looking to the Future”, in parliamentary debates (United States Senate):

     I support what you are attempting to do, but quite frankly, I think we should be straight up about what some of the consequences are.

2. Alternative form of straight-up.