a person or thing whose position, status, behavior, or the like suggests the shape or rise of the steps in a staircase: Their six children are stairsteps ranging from ages two to twelve.
verb (used without object),stair·stepped,stair·step·ping.
to occur or move in a regular pattern suggesting the steps of a staircase: housing units stairstepping down the hill to the edge of the lake.
adjective
suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.
