On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Stickup. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as heist or holdup and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Stickup in a sentence
Stickup meaning
- A robbery at gunpoint.
- A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river.
- A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.
Using Stickup
- The main meaning on this page is: A robbery at gunpoint. | A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river. | A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.
- Useful related words include: armed robbery, heist, holdup, robbery.
Context around Stickup
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stickup
- In this selection, "stickup" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wielding, store, artist and took stand out and add context to how "stickup" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include jewellery store stickup and shotgun wielding stickup artist cruising. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stickup" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stickup
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The stickup took less than 40 seconds. (7 words)
A gay, shotgun-wielding stickup artist cruising the fringes on one of the best television shows ever. (17 words)
Wasting no time, more robberies followed, this time in Germany, where after less than a month of freedom he was arrested in Frankfurt on 5 June 1981 following a jewellery store stickup. (32 words)
Wasting no time, more robberies followed, this time in Germany, where after less than a month of freedom he was arrested in Frankfurt on 5 June 1981 following a jewellery store stickup. (32 words)
A gay, shotgun-wielding stickup artist cruising the fringes on one of the best television shows ever. (17 words)
The stickup took less than 40 seconds. (7 words)
Example sentences (3)
A gay, shotgun-wielding stickup artist cruising the fringes on one of the best television shows ever.
The stickup took less than 40 seconds.
Wasting no time, more robberies followed, this time in Germany, where after less than a month of freedom he was arrested in Frankfurt on 5 June 1981 following a jewellery store stickup.