stuck up; sticking up; sticks up
: to stand upright or on end : protrude
hair that sticks up
: to rob at gunpoint
see also stick up for
Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Right after a whistle blew the play dead, a Flyers fan in the front row stuck up his middle finger at Crosby.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Noun
In an August 2022 stickup, an Oakland cannabis dispensary had lost an estimated $100,000.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Man gets 5 years in Cedar Lake robbery A Gary man got 5 years in a plea deal earlier this month for a Cedar Lake stickup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Verb
Comedian Zach Woods made an Instagram Reel sticking up for him.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Right after a whistle blew the play dead, a Flyers fan in the front row stuck up his middle finger at Crosby.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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