stairstep

stairstep
/stair"step'/, n., v., stairstepped, stairstepping, adj.
n.
1. a step in a staircase.
2. stairsteps, stairs; a staircase.
3. 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.
v.i.
4. 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.
adj.
5. suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.
Also, stair-step.
[1825-35; STAIR + STEP]

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