English Explanatory Dictionary

stick up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To rob at gunpoint.
  2. To be prominent; to point upwards.
  3. To speak or act in defence (of).
  4. To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
  5. To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

stick up sticks up sticking up stuck up

Related words

stick 'em up! stick up for stickup stuck up

Derived words

sticky-up sticky-uppy
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