up the stick

prepositional phrase

Pregnant.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. slangPregnant.

    ‘The kids go for a drive in a borrowed car, park on another street between the corner lamps, and then there’s ructions because some little tabby gets up the stick.’

    1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 76

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pregnant
Cite this entry
APA

up the stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20the%20stick

MLA

“up the stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20the%20stick. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up the stick,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20the%20stick.

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