sticking up
Rising above surface
Sticking up means projecting upward or outward from a surface: His hair was sticking up in the back.
To stick up for someone is to defend or support them: She always sticks up for her little brother.
Sticking up a place is robbing it at gunpoint—a holdup or stickup.
- erectVertical in position
- jutExtend outward sharply
- extendMake longer or larger
- holdupTheft by threat
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
hands up · project · protrude · sore thumb · cowlick · bed head · hair standing up · rising · champion · hackles · upright · bristling · advocate · perpendicular · robbery · stand · defend · robbing
sticking uplying flat
Positioned horizontally, not upright
lying down · pressed down · flat · flattened · flush
sticking upabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
betraying · turning on · deserting · forsaking · selling out
sticking upfollowing
Coming after another
obeying · complying · submitting · conforming · going along with
stick, sticky, stuck, sticks, sticking, stick out, stickiness, stickler, unstick