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stuck up

stuck up adjective: snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty, arrogant or egotistical. Also the simple past and past participle of stick up.

Adjective

stuck up (comparative more stuck up, superlative most stuck up)

  1. (idiomatic) Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty, arrogant or egotistical.
    • The rich people in that neighborhood were stuck up and not friendly at all.
  2. (idiomatic) Jammed; stuck and unable to move.
    • The type of battery and the battery power level may cause the lens to be stuck up.
    • We were stuck up here for three hours!.

Also used as

stuck up is also the simple past and past participle of stick up.

Forms of stuck up

comparativemore stuck up
superlativemost stuck up
alternative formstuck-up

Questions about stuck up

What does stuck up mean?
Stuck up means snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty, arrogant or egotistical.
What part of speech is stuck up?
Stuck up is an adjective.

Words near stuck up in the dictionary

  1. stuck to one's post
  2. stuck to one's text
  3. stuck to someone's ribs
  4. stuck together
  5. stuck twin syndrome
  6. stuck up
  7. stuck up for
  8. stuck with
  9. stuck-up
  10. stuckage
  11. stucke

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