Meaning of STUCK-UP
| Pronunciation: | | stuk up
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| | Definition: | | [adj] used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bigheaded, persnickety, proud, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stuck"-up`\, a.
Self-important and supercilious, ?onceited; vain; arrogant.
[Colloq.]
The airs of small, stuck-up, men. --A. K. H.
Boyd.
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