Overview of verb stick-up

The verb stick up has 2 senses

• hold up, stick up -- (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)


• stand up, stick up -- (defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student")

Overview of adj stuck-up

The adj stuck-up has 1 sense

• bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish -- ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety")