Meaning of Walk-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
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2. An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
3. A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
4. A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
5. An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
6. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
7. A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.

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Examples

“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 […]”

“They took a cab and climbed the four flights to Sasha's Lower East Side walk-up.”

“Pilot walk-ups welcomed for real-time satellite and radar weather imaging information.”

“Western mountains are easy walk-ups. Eastern mountains are hard crawl-ups, but no oxygen problems.”

“The first hour is for walk-ups only, with one foursome per hour reserved for walk-ups as well.”

“Soba is […] making appearances everywhere from street food walk-ups to fine dining restaurants.”

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