When something is "on standby," it's ready to jump in or be used immediately. And when you fly on standby, you are ready to take an extra seat on a flight if one becomes available. Standby comes from nautical slang for "a vessel kept for emergencies," originally "that which stands by one."

Standby causes all of the modder's abilities (super speed/jump/auto aim) to stop briefly, usually within enough time to kill him. Standbying ends then the host either lags out of the game (and you see a "Re-establishing Connection" screen), or when the host pushes the Standby button again/plugs his ethernet back in. Only hosts can standby.

"Standby" is a "preparatory command." Usually the order to standby alerts a unit that it will receive some kind of marching orders — "standby to launch."

The meaning of STANDBY is one to be relied on especially in emergencies. How to use standby in a sentence.

[Slang.] to fail to keep an appointment with (someone, esp. a sweetheart or date): I waited for Kim for an hour before I realized I'd been stood up. stand up for : to defend the cause of;