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Adjective stuck-up has 1 sense
- bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish - used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
Antonym: humble (indirect, via proud)
Verb stick-up has 2 senses
- hold up, stick up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
--1 is one way to rob
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- stand up, stick up - defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
--2 is one way to defend, support, fend for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
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