Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A work stoppage in which the workers refuse to leave their place of employment until their demands are considered or met.
  • noun An obstruction of normal activity by the act of a large group sitting down in public to express a grievance or protest.
  • noun Informal An act, instance, or period of sitting.
  • noun Informal A meal for people seated at a table.
  • adjective Performed or accomplished while sitting down.
  • adjective Intended for people seated at a table.

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  • adjective Intended to be done while sitting.
  • noun An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange.
  • noun A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.

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  • noun a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached

Etymologies

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From sit down.

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Examples

  • McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier like winning the lottery.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Annoyed by the abuse, especially as his father was born in England and played for Bolton Wanderers youth team, Hargreaves called a sit-down with certain reporters at the Lowry Hotel, Salford in 2002, during which he calmly listed all his achievements, including a winner's medal in the 2001 Champions League final.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Tomlin called the sit-down "good" while the normally tight-lipped Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WILL GRAVES 2011

  • McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier "like winning the lottery."

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Tomlin called the sit-down "good," while Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion, saying: "Obviously he's interested.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Tomlin called the sit-down "good," while Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion, saying: "Obviously he's interested.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • The 43-day sit-down strike of December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 took place only a mile from where I grew up.

    Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011

  • The 43-day sit-down strike of December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 took place only a mile from where I grew up.

    Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011

  • My mother was a special education teacher at Flint Northern and taught a year-long course on the sit-down strike of 1936-37.

    Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011

  • So impressed, in fact, that I would like you to join me in cabin B-14 so we can have a little sit-down before things get more unfriendly than they need to get.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

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  • *sits*

    I am scrupulously well-behaved.

    March 24, 2009

  • As this is a kind of strike, what are you striking for?

    March 24, 2009

  • When there is a problem between gangsters in Sopranos, they have a "sit-down" to try and solve the problem.

    ... Instead of just killing eachother.

    March 24, 2009

  • ... so bilby's striking instead of killing us?

    March 24, 2009

  • ...so he's not going to finish us off, just strike us a bit?

    March 25, 2009

  • I'm striking for the rights of celery.

    March 25, 2009

  • I find bilby quite striking indeed. It's those ears!

    (See shaken baby syndrome, of all places.)

    March 25, 2009