stickup
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river.
noun
A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "He lived in a nice apartment. He had no reputation in the neighborhood as a stickup guy or a sexual predator."
- "The news came on. There was relative calm in the world that night. Channel Nine had a convenience-store stickup in Lakewood, an environmental protest in Fort Collins."
- "One night, Sylvio talked about why drug dealers resist drug robbers during a stickup."