verb
Meaning 1
To rob at gunpoint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- I think they intend to stick up the bank.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
stick up
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To be prominent; to point upwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To speak or act in defence (of).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
defend against attack or criticism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He stood up for his friend
- She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stand up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defend, support, fend for
verb
Meaning 8
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hold up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rob
Narrower terms: mug
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: alglui — to put up by sticking
- Finnish: kiinnittää — to put up by sticking
- Finnish: liimata — to put up by sticking
- French: coller — to put up by sticking
- Galician: pegar — to put up by sticking
- Galician: apegar — to put up by sticking
- Galician: colar — to put up by sticking
- Finnish: ryöstää — to rob at gunpoint
- French: rester — to rob at gunpoint
- Galician: atracar — to rob at gunpoint
- Russian: грабить (grabitʹ) — to rob at gunpoint
- French: défendre — to protect one's status
- Hungarian: kiáll -ért/mellett — to protect one's status