Search Result:stuck-up
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")