'To stick up' definitions:
Definition of 'To stick up'
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- Stick \Stick\, v. i.
- 1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall. [1913 Webster]
- The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely. [1913 Webster]
- A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- I am a kind of bur; I shall stick. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown, 'T will ever stick through malice of your own. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed. [1913 Webster]
- I had most need of blessing, and "Amen" Stuck in my throat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The trembling weapon passed Through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at. [1913 Webster]
- They will stick long at part of a demonstration for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. [1913 Webster]
- This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- To stick by. (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. "We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you." --Davenant. (b) To be troublesome by adhering. "I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me." --Pope.
- To stick out. (a) To project; to be prominent. "His bones that were not seen stick out." --Job xxxiii. 21. (b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the garrison stuck out until relieved. [Colloq.]
- To stick to, to be persevering in holding to; as, to stick to a party or cause. "The advantage will be on our side if we stick to its essentials." --Addison.
- To stick up, to stand erect; as, his hair sticks up.
- To stick up for, to assert and defend; as, to stick up for one's rights or for a friend. [Colloq.]
- To stick upon, to dwell upon; not to forsake. "If the matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and stick upon it with labor and thought." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To stick up'
- Stick,
- Sticked,
- Stickful,
- Stickfuls,
- Sticking,
- To stick by,
- To stick out,
- To stick to,
- To stick up for,
- stick about,
- stick at,
- stick by,
- stick in,
- stick it out,
- stick on,
- stick out,
- stick to,
- stick up,
- 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