stairstep: Meaning and Definition of

stair•step

1. a step in a staircase.
2. 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.

1. 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.

1. suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.