stuck up; sticking up; sticks up
: to stand upright or on end : protrude
hair that sticks up
: to rob at gunpoint
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Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
And what of the demands of inhabiting two of the most kinetic American stickup men for eight shows a week?
—Jenny Lumet, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Mulligan, who similarly usually gives off a warm presence onscreen, is icy and sharp here, her Lindsay stuck up and miserable in the life she's made for herself but completely trapped by her own ego and selfishness.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The amateurish stickup failed, fast.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
And what of the demands of inhabiting two of the most kinetic American stickup men for eight shows a week?
—Jenny Lumet, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Pneumatophores are exposed root structures that stick up and act like snorkels, reaching above the surface to transport oxygen to the mangrove tree’s underground roots.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Mulligan, who similarly usually gives off a warm presence onscreen, is icy and sharp here, her Lindsay stuck up and miserable in the life she's made for herself but completely trapped by her own ego and selfishness.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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