The word is in the Wiktionary2 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)— English words —- up␣sticks v. (Britain, sailing, slang) To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.
- up␣sticks v. (Britain, figurative, colloquial) To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.
23 English words from 2 English definitionsand Britain colloquial different figurative for live live␣in mast move of␣a pack pack␣up place preparation prepare put put␣up sailing ship slang the to␣go 3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)coupsticks coup␣sticks pick-up␣sticks 24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)Cks CKs ick ICK -ick pst PST STI S.T.I. stick Stick sticks Sticks tic TIC -tic tick ticks ups UPs UPS μPs upstick up␣stick 11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)cit cit. cits cits. its ITS 'its it's its' tsp TSP 3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)sticks␣up stickups ups␣stick 5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)puckfists pushstick suck-pints sucks␣it␣up ups␣sticks 7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)stickup stick␣up Stuckis upstick up␣stick upticks up-ticks 2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)unsticks upstacks 4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)upstick up␣stick upticks up-ticks One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)ups␣sticks
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