stickup

or stick-up

[ stik-uhp ]

/ ˈstɪkˌʌp /

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noun Informal.

a holdup; robbery.

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Origin of stickup

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase stick up

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How to use stickup in a sentence

Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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British Dictionary definitions for stickup

stick-up

noun

slang, mainly US a robbery at gunpoint; hold-up

verb stick up (adverb)

(tr) slang, mainly US to rob, esp at gunpoint

(intr foll by for) informal to support or defendstick up for oneself

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Other Idioms and Phrases with stickup

stick up

Project from a surface, as in That little cowlick of his sticks up no matter what you do. [Early 1400s]

Put up a poster or notice, as in Will you stick up this announcement on the bulletin board? [Late 1700s]

Rob, especially at gunpoint, as in The gang concentrated on sticking up liquor stores and gas stations. This usage, dating from the mid-1800s, gave rise to the colloquial phrase, stick 'em up, a robber's order to a victim to raise his or her hands above the head. [1930s]