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stuck-up
adjective
- informal.conceited, arrogant, or snobbish
Derived Forms
- ˈstuck-ˈupness, noun
Other Words From
- stuck-upness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stuck-up1
Example Sentences
And just in case she gets stuck up there, she has a garter belt–fanny pack around her thigh to keep a phone in and call for help.
Failing that, we were labeled "coincées," stuck-up prudes who didn't understand men and didn't know how to have fun.
At the time, Universal Co-Chairman Marc Shmuger stuck up for Mann.
My mother collared one of the photos, of course; the other is stuck up on my wall as the chief of our sept.
Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.
The duke he hired the court house, and we went around and stuck up our bills.
Skeen told us that when the Turks stuck up a placard saying Warsaw had fallen, the Australians gave three hearty cheers.
He was small and chunky in build, and nervous in his mind, and had red fuzzy hair that stuck up around his head like an aureole.
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