stickup
or stick-up
noun Informal.
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Origin of stickup
Words nearby stickup
Example sentences from the Web for stickup
Anderson, the stickup youth who operated extensively on the north side, choosing women for his victims, is but 23 years old.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. WooldridgeThese rest-stops always had a license-plate cam at the entrance and a couple of anti-stickup cams around the cashier.
Makers|Cory DoctorowLuis grunted with satisfaction—this might be only a stickup, but he was getting action faster than he'd expected.
Forget Me Nearly|Floyd L. Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for stickup
noun
verb stick up (adverb)
Idioms and Phrases with stickup
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]