walk-up

1 of 2

adjective

ˈwȯk-ˌəp 

1

: located above the ground floor in a building with no elevator

a walk-up apartment

2

: consisting of several stories and having no elevator

a walk-up tenement

3

: designed to allow pedestrians to be served without entering a building

the walk-up window of a bank

walk-up

2 of 2

noun

: an apartment or office building of several stories that has no elevator

also : an apartment or office in such a building

Examples of walk-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

These passes offer relative value to skiers who commit early, but have also led to a sharp rise in walk-up ticket prices. —Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026

As the restaurant’s opening time came and went on Monday and the drive-through line didn’t budge, dozens of people approached the walk-up window trying to order but were met with a sign that said the restaurant was no longer taking orders there. —Claire Ballor staff Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026

Noun

The rewarding gallery of characters who pass through the Brusteins’ modest walk-up, authentically rendered by the Dots design collective, go a long way to enriching Hansberry’s construct. —Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for walk-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

walk-up

noun

ˈwȯ-ˌkəp

: an apartment or office building without an elevator

walk-up adjective