stickup
or stick-up
[stik-uhp]
noun Informal.
a holdup; robbery.
Nearby words
- sticks,
- stickseed,
- sticktight,
- sticktoitiveness,
- stickum,
- stickup man,
- stickweed,
- stickwork,
- sticky,
- sticky blood
Origin of stickup
First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase stick up
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Examples 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. WooldridgeLuis 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