intransitive verb
: to stand out from a surface : stand upright or on end : project
grain of the wood tends to stick up
a few pilings of an old wharf were still sticking up in the water
transitive verb
1.
a. : to hold up (as at the point of a gun) in order to rob
stick a stagecoach up
also : to enter and rob
stick up a gas station
had stuck several banks up
b. : to accost for money : solicit money from
stuck him up for the community chest
2. : to cook on a spit
3.
a. : to finish (as raw clayware) by smoothing — compare fettle
b. : to attach (partly formed glass) to a hot iron rod or clamping tool for reheating
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- stick up for
- stick up to