Stickup
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stickup is a noun meaning A robbery at gunpoint.
Meaning
A robbery at gunpoint.
More Meanings
- A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river.
- (slang) A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.
Example Sentences
One night, Sylvio talked about why drug dealers resist drug robbers during a stickup.
He lived in a nice apartment. He had no reputation in the neighborhood as a stickup guy or a sexual predator.
The news came on. There was relative calm in the world that night. Channel Nine had a convenience-store stickup in Lakewood, an environmental protest in Fort Collins.
Word Forms
- stickups
- stick-up
Synonyms for stickup
Depending on context, synonyms include hold-up, holdup, heist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heist, holdup, robbery, theft, burglary, break-in.
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