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STICKUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stickup mean?
• STICKUP (noun)
The noun STICKUP has 1 sense:
1. robbery at gunpoint
Familiarity information: STICKUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Robbery at gunpoint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
armed robbery; heist; holdup; stickup
Hypernyms ("stickup" is a kind of...):
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
Derivation:
stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)
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