stuck up; sticking up; sticks up
: to stand upright or on end : protrude
hair that sticks up
: to rob at gunpoint
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
Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
At the beginning of the Instagram Reel, Rockelle can be seen with a soccer ball under one arm and a tampon stuck up her nose.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 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
The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
At the beginning of the Instagram Reel, Rockelle can be seen with a soccer ball under one arm and a tampon stuck up her nose.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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