Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sticky-uppy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: stick-y-up-py
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sticking up or tending to stick up.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From stick up + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stick up

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more sticky-uppy (comparative) most sticky-uppy (superlative)

Questions

What does sticky-uppy mean?: Sticking up or tending to stick up.
Where does sticky-uppy come from?: From stick up + -y.

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