Stuck-up Definition

stŭkŭp
adjective
Snobbish; conceited.
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(idiomatic) Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.

The rich people in that neighborhood were stuck up and not friendly at all.
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Alternative spelling of stuck up.
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verb
Simple past tense and past participle of stick up.
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Stuck-up Sentence Examples

  • She did enjoy the special treatment and the way he stuck up for her.

  • I'm surprised she stuck up for you.

  • Finding one day a challenge-glove stuck up on the door of a church where he was to preach, he took it down with his own hand, and proceeded to the pulpit to inveigh against the unchristian custom.

  • Every Londoner's journey to work involves being crushed like a sardine on the tube with their nose stuck up someone's sweaty armpit.

  • Eureka stuck up her nose at such food, but the tiny piglets squealed delightedly at the sight of the crackers and ate them up in a jiffy.

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SSTSTU

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PUP

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