stickup noun3 •A robbery at gunpoint.He lived in a nice apartment. He had no reputation in the neighborhood as a stickup guy or a sexual predator. — 2006 •A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river. •(slang) A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College. formsstickups