STAIRSTEP Definition & Meaning

stairstep

or stair-step

[ stair-step ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a step in a staircase.
stairsteps, stairs; a staircase.
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)

stairstepped, stairstepping.

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.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of stairstep¹

First recorded in 1825–35; stair + step

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Though Hiawatha provides many access points, its stairstep entry at the southeast corner of California Avenue and Lander Street offers an evergreen treat absent in 1911.

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Use an old toothbrush to apply the solution to the grout, starting at the top and working down and crosswise, in a stairstep pattern.

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Ms. CeeCee looked at the four of them, a stairstep from John John, the tallest, down to Bit.

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Predictions are now emerging of a “W” that cycles up and down a few times with resurgences of the virus, “checkmark” shapes that take an extended period to recover lost ground, or even a “stairstep” - the bounce Trump is anticipating followed by a long period with little growth until a vaccine is found.

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He said Morton was going through the Stairstep Rapid and didn’t see the tree.

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