What does sticky-up mean?
Sticky-up means (informal) Sticking up or tending to stick up; sticky-uppy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) Sticking up or tending to stick up; sticky-uppy..
"There was a light in the painting-room window," he said, tremulously, "and a head with black sticky-up hair all round. Then it went away."
All of the Fairy Wrens (fourteen in number) have "sticky-up" tails[.]
Use sticky-up when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sticky-up means (informal) Sticking up or tending to stick up; sticky-uppy..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"There was a light in the painting-room window," he said, tremulously, "and a head with black sticky-up hair all round. Then it went away."
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