walk-up

alternative walkup

1. not comparableReached by stairs rather than an elevator.
2. not comparableContaining such flats.
3. not comparableFor which no appointment is necessary.

   Synonyms: walk-in

plural walk-ups · alternative walkup

1. USAn apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.

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

   2010, Jennifer Egan, “Found Objects”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad

   1 more example

   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 […]

   2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 228

2. aeronauticsAn informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.

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

   1993, Flying Magazine, volume 120, number 10, page 33

3. A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.

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

   2009, Richard Norgaard, Controlling Your Future: Six Steps To A Better Life, page 97

4. A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.

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

   2015, Paul Laubach, Confessions of a Golfaholic, page 205

5. An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.

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

   2021, Katie Takayasu, Plants First, page 266

6. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
7. especially bassentertainmentA sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
8. A place where one can approach by walking, as a walk-in.

   There is a walk-up window at the post office.