Meaning of stickup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A robbery at gunpoint.
2. A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river.
3. A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.
   slang

Examples

“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.”

“One night, Sylvio talked about why drug dealers resist drug robbers during a stickup.”

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