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Definition of Stuck-up
1. Adjective. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant. "They're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
Similar to: Proud
Derivative terms: Snoot, Snot, Uppishness
Definition of Stuck-up
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of stuck up) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuck-up
Literary usage of Stuck-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"A solitary stake stuck up, or a sharper sand-hill than usual, is remarkable as
a landmark for miles; while for music you hear only the ceaseless sound of ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"It was only the previous night that he had been ' stuck up ' with a pistol at
... 93 : " We had a revolver apiece in case of being ' stuck up ' on the road. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"It was only the previous night that he had been ' stuck up' with a pistol at ...
253 : " We had a revolver apiece in case of being 'stuck up' on the road. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... a bill stuck up as an advertisement. (F.,-Du.) In PITCHER, a vessel for holding
liquids. (F.,-Low Lat.,-Gk.) ME picher, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"They remain stuck up, for we must suppose these to have been stuck up at least *ome
weeks ago, and before the hard frosts set in. ..."
6. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"This pass, pinned beneath a Troopers found a baby's body in a tan- Safety Committee.
still lovely in summer foliage, stuck up pickets, who sprang up, ..."
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