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Meaning of sticky-uppy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Sticking up or tending to stick up.

informal

Examples

“She'd cut her hair off. Like, all of it. What little was left had been dyed baby-chick yellow. It was thick and sticky-uppy like a shag rug.”
“Wilfred Mott: Right, he's tall and thin. Wears a brown suit. Maybe a blue suit. He's got a long brown coat. Modern sort of hair. All sticky-uppy. All right? Oh, and on page two, be on the lookout for a police box. Exactly like the old ones.”
“I stroke the whorl of fur between his ears, one sticky-uppy and one floppy.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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