'stick up' definitions:

Definition of 'stick up'

verb

Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat [syn: hold up, stick up]

verb

Defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student" [syn: stand up, stick up]

Synonyms of 'stick up'

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arise,
boost,
bristle,
bristle up,
buoy up,
cast up,
cock up,
commit robbery,
elevate,
erect,
escalate,
extrude,
get up,
heave,
heft,
heighten,
heist,
hijack,
hike,
hoick,
hoist,
hold up,
jerk up,
jump up,
jut out,
knock off,
knock over,
knock up,
levitate,
lift,
lift up,
lob,
loft,
loot,
mug,
perk up,
plunder,
poke out,
project,
protrude,
protuberate,
raise,
raise up,
ramp,
ransack,
rear,
rear up,
relieve,
rifle,
rip off,
rise,
rise up,
rob,
set up,
shoot out,
shoot up,
sit bolt upright,
sit up,
sky,
stand out,
stand up,
start up,
stick out,
throw up,
up,
upbuoy,
upcast,
upheave,
uphoist,
uphold,
uplift,
upraise,
uprear,
uprise,
upthrow

Words containing 'stick up'

Stick,
Sticked,
Stickful,
Stickfuls,
Sticking,
To stick by,
To stick out,
To stick to,
To stick up,
To stick up for,
stick about,
stick at,
stick by,
stick in,
stick it out,
stick on,
stick out,
stick to,
stick up for,
stick with,
sticking out,
sticks,
A stick of eels,
Buff stick,
Composing stick,
Foot stick,
Gum stick,
Gutter stick,
Joss stick,
Mesh stick,
Message stick,
Proof stick,
Rack stick,
Shooting stick,
Silver stick,
Size stick,
Stick chimney,
Stick insect,
Sticking piece,
Sticking place,
Sticking plaster,
Sticking point,
Sword stick,
Throwing stick,
To cut stick,
To stick upon,
Walking stick,
big stick,
carrot stick,
celery stick,
control stick,
cue stick,
fencing stick,
fish stick,
hockey stick,
licorice stick,
measuring stick,
pogo stick,
polo stick,
pool stick,
rain stick,
stick around,
stick cinnamon,
stick figure,
stick horse,
stick lac,
stick shift,
stick together,
stick-on,
sticks and stone,
swagger stick,
swizzle stick,
throw stick,
Pig-sticking,
Poking-stick,
Stick-lac,
Stick-seed,
To cut one's stick,
To stick in one's gizzard,
bread-stick,
devil's walking stick,
mahl-stick,
maul-stick,
non-stick,
stick-in-the-mud,
stick-tight,
stick-tight flea,
fogyish mossgrown mossy stick-in-the-mudprenominal stodgy old-fashioned