sit-down

See also: sitdown and sit down

English

Etymology

Deverbal from sit down.

Adjective

sit-down (not comparable)

1. Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.

   It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.

Translations

to be done while sitting

• German: sitzend (de), im Sitzen, Sitz-

Noun

sit-down (plural sit-downs)

1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.

   I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.

   Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.

2. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
   • 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401:

     The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.

   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 108:

     I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.

Derived terms

• sit-downer

Related terms

• sit-up
• situp

 

Translations

an act of sitting down, sometimes with other people

• German: Sitzpause, Beisammensein im Sitzen, Zusammensitzen , Zusammenkunft im Sitzen f

a sit-in

• German: Sitzstreik
• Hungarian: ülősztrájk (hu)

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