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sit-up
[ sit-uhp ]
noun
- an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
sit up
verb
- to raise (oneself or another) from a recumbent to an upright or alert sitting posture
- intr to remain out of bed and awake, esp until a late hour
- informal.intr to become suddenly interested or alert
devaluation of the dollar made the money market sit up
noun
- a physical exercise in which the body is brought into a sitting position from one lying on the back Alsotrunk curl
Word History and Origins
Origin of sit-up1
Example Sentences
It's the equivalent of having a nagging teacher or parent telling you to "sit up!"
That 31 percent number made me sit up straight for one reason.
All night she would sit up sewing, pressing rhinestones, going blind.
It was so hard to sit up there and stay composed and keep track of everything—to process what the facts were.
Those last two points should make folks sit up a little straighter.
The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence.
By that time the fellow I'd kicked had so far recovered as to sit up, and the look he gave us was a scorcher.
It is not an easy matter to sit up in a gale of wind, with freezing spray, and sometimes green seas, sweeping over one!
At dusk he left off, saying he should get it done at night, his senses would come then, and he should be glad to sit up.
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