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Definition of Stay up
1. Verb. Not go to bed. "We sat up all night to watch the election"
Definition of Stay up
1. Verb. To remain awake, to not go to bed. ¹
2. Verb. To maintain an erection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stay Up
Literary usage of Stay up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"NW NILES: stay up. If very bad overhead for some reason like sun, might stay back if
... TR PELL: You can't stay up on a good Jobber; better keep back. ..."
2. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1915)
"NW NILES: stay up. If very bad overhead for some reason like sun, might stay back if
... TR PELL: You can't stay up on a good Jobber; better keep back. ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1817)
"How many might stay up with you ? did any of the people that attended these
meetings stay with ... How many may you have had at a time to stay up with you? ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"Well, you may laugh all you want to, but I 'm going to stay up in this ...
I would rather stay up here and read, than have to run away from wild animals. ..."
5. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"To stay up, veiller, ne pas se coucher. stay up (upstairs), restez en baut.
(To dwell upon.) 1 must stay a little on one action, je dois m'arrêter un peu ..."
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