Definition of stick in English English dictionary
- A member of the Official IRA
- The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman
- A cigarette of tobacco or marijuana
- A manual transmission or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission
I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn’t.
- To jam; to stop moving
The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
- The traction of tires on the road surface
- A memory stick
- The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc
His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint
- The short whip carried by a jockey
- An unsocial person, particularly one who is either withdrawn or stuck-up
- A group of paratroopers who jump together
- A cudgel or truncheon, especially one carried by police or guards
As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
- A line of soldiers
- A quantity of eels, usually 25
- A two by four, the standard board used in constructing a frame house
I found enough sticks in dumsters at construction sites to build my shed.
- Of snow, to remain frozen on landing
- A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area
- A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type
- A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum
Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!.
- A piece of furniture
We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
- Use of the stick to control the aircraft
- Vigorous driving of a car; gas
- To strike someone with a stick
- A negative stimulus or a punishment
- The clarinet. (more often: liquorice stick)
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game
He shoots a mean stick of pool.
- To remain loyal; to remain firm
Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
- Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance
US Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick. (Also ... available in a ... stick.).
- See to stick with
- To propagate plants by cuttings
Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
- Approximately one gram of marijuana wrapped in a small cylinder of aluminium foil
- A person having the stated quality
- Corporal punishment; beatings
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size
What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.
- A small branch from a tree or bush
The nest was made out of sticks.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick
US My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
- A fighter pilot
- To press into with a sharp point
The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
- To perform (a landing) perfectly
Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
- The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint
- A thin person; particularly a flat-chested woman
- Criticism or ridicule
- An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches
- To persist
His old nickname stuck.
- A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard
Wax your stick and head down to that spot.
- The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole
His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.
- The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick
- An assistant planted in the audience
- A small rectangular block of shortening (butter, margarine, lard, etc.) in weighing one quarter pound and containing by volume one half cup
The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
- The control column of an aircraft. By convention a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to that used in automobiles, is also called the "stick"
- A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse
Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.
- Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions
I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
- Effort, vigour, energy, intensity, in a positive or negative sense
He really gave that digging some stick could be said of someone digging a garden. She really gave that bully some stick could be used of a mother berating a bully. Give it some stick said as encouragement.
- To become attached; to adhere
The tape will not stick if it melts.
- A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick
- A cane or walking stick to aid in walking
I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
- To place, set down (quickly or carelessly)
Stick your bag over there and come with me.
- Vigor; spirit
- To glue; to adhere
Stick the label on the jar.
- be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
- threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane a small thin branch of a tree saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger" pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business" fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall" cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"
- endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
- {n} a small piece of wood, small tree, staff
- {v} to fasten, fix, adhere, stop, scruple, stab, kill
- stick and carrot
- Alternative form of carrot and stick. (more common in UK than in US)
- stick around
- To stay; to linger; to remain
If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show.
- stick clip
- a non-penetrating fastener that is adhered to the waterproofing surface; typically used to retain insulation, drainage panels, etc., against the waterproofing to prevent sliding and displacement
- stick figure
- A simple drawing, typically of a human body with a circle representing the head and straight lines representing the torso and limbs
- stick in someone's craw
- To cause lasting annoyance, irritation, or hard feelings
It really sticks in my craw that he never even asked me.
- stick in the mud
- More generally, one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive; an old fogey
- stick in the mud
- A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper
Have a little fun sometimes and don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.
- stick in the muds
- plural form of stick in the mud
- stick insect
- Any of various insects of the family Phasmidae that mimic sticks or twigs
- stick insects
- plural form of stick insect
- stick it out
- To persist or continue
Plenty of people begin the training, but few stick it out for the year or two necessary to become proficient.
- stick it to the man
- To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government
Paula not only told her boss that she quit but also told him to shut the fuck up. Way to stick it to the man!.
- stick man
- A simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso
- stick men
- plural form of stick man
- stick one's neck out
- To take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position
- stick one's nose in
- To be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another
I was doing just fine before he came and stuck his nose in my business.
- stick one's nose into
- to interfere or try to intervene in (an issue that does not concern one)
Social studies gives you an excuse to stick your nose into a broad range of subjects.
- stick one's oar in
- To meddle; to stick one's nose into (something)
He feels he must be today. Not to stick his oar in', you understand, but to offer moral support. - Daily Mail, August 2005.
- stick one's tongue out
- To push one's tongue so that it protrudes from the mouth, especially as a gesture of rudeness
- stick out
- To protrude; to extend beyond
Dorothy looked, and gave a little cry of fright. There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
- stick out
- To persist. See stick it out
- stick out
- To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.
- stick out like a sore thumb
- Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice
With that guilty smile of his, he stuck out like a sore thumb.
- stick pusher
- An automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which pushes the column forward, thus increasing speed, if the pilot is approaching a stall
- stick shaker
- An automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which shakes the stick to alert the pilot if the aircraft is approaching a stall
- stick that in your pipe and smoke it
- Alternative form of put that in your pipe and smoke it
- stick to
- To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
If you stick to your studies, you will continue to improve.
- stick to one's guns
- To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition
- stick up
- To protect one's status
Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.
- stick up
- To put up by sticking
Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.
- stick up
- To rob at gunpoint
I think they intend to stick up the bank.
- stick up for
- To defend or protect
You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.
- stick with
- to follow or adhere to
Stick with me, and I'll protect you.
- stick with
- To continue or persist; to stick to
Stick with the curriculum, and I think you'll succeed.
- stick with
- to remain close by
- stick-and-carrot
- Alternative form of carrot and stick. (more common in UK than in US)
- stick-in-the-mud
- Alternative spelling of stick in the mud
- stick in craw
- (deyim) Make someone angry; bother someone; annoy someone
His parents' praise of his brother stuck in Jerry's craw.
- stick in one's craw
- (deyim) Make someone angry; bother someone; annoy someone
- stick one's nose
- (deyim) Be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another
- stick to
- Continue or confine oneself to doing, using, or practising
- stick with it
- Continue doing something although it is difficult
Things are hard at the moment, but if we stick with it, they are bound to get better.
- stick 1
- A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood
- stick icy pop
- frozen ice treat on a stick
- stick on
- attach to; "affix the seal here"
- stick shift
- A stick shift is the lever that you use to change gear in a car or other vehicle. = gearshift. An automotive transmission with a shift lever operated by hand
- stick-up
- a hold-up
- sticks
- rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region
We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.
- sticks
- plural form of stick
- stuck
- Simple past of to stick
- stuck
- Trapped and unable to move
Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck.
- Stuck
- sticked
- stick around
- stay in the area
- stick around
- stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"
- stick around
- If you stick around, you stay where you are, often because you are waiting for something. Stick around a while and see what develops
- stick around
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- stick by
- remain loyal to -, remain faithful to -
- stick by
- If you stick by a promise, agreement, decision, or principle, you do what you said you would do, or do not change your mind. But I made my decision then and stuck by it. = stick to
- stick by
- If you stick by someone, you continue to give them help or support. friends who stuck by me during the difficult times as Council Leader
- stick by
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- stick in
- insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"
- stick in
- introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
- stick insect
- A stick insect is an insect with a long body and thin legs. It looks like a small stick. Any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, as the walking stick, that resemble sticks or twigs. a long thin insect that looks like a small stick
- stick on
- apply a heavy coat to
- stick out
- If you stick out part of your body, you extend it away from your body. She made a face and stuck out her tongue at him He stuck his hand out and he said, `Good evening.' to stick your neck out: see neck
- stick out
- extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff
- stick out
- If something sticks out, it is very noticeable because it is unusual. What had Cutter done to make him stick out from the crowd? to stick out a mile: see mile to stick out like a sore thumb: see thumb = stand out
- stick out
- If someone in an unpleasant or difficult situation sticks it out, they do not leave or give up. I really didn't like New York, but I wanted to stick it out a little bit longer
- stick out
- be outstanding, excel; hold a position
- stick shift
- a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal
- stick to
- stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
- stick to
- keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet
- stick to
- If you stick to rules, you do what they say you must do. Obviously we are disappointed but the committee could do nothing less than stick to the rules Police must stick to the highest standards if they are to win back public confidence
- stick to
- If you stick to something, you continue doing, using, saying, or talking about it, rather than changing to something else. Perhaps he should have stuck to writing
- stick to
- If you stick to a promise, agreement, decision, or principle, you do what you said you would do, or do not change your mind. Immigrant support groups are waiting to see if he sticks to his word But one problem is that few people can stick to a diet for long. to stick to your guns: see gun = stick by
- stick to
- If you stick to something or someone when you are travelling, you stay close to them. There are interesting hikes inland, but most ramblers stick to the clifftops
- stick to
- keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"
- stick together
- be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble; "The two families stuck together throughout the war
- stick together
- If people stick together, they stay with each other and support each other. If we all stick together, we ought to be okay
- stick together
- be close with each other; stay together
- stick up
- defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
- stick up
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- stick up for
- If you stick up for a person or a principle, you support or defend them forcefully. I can stick up for myself = stand up for
- stick with
- If you stick with something, you do not change to something else. They prefer, in the end, to stick with what they know
- stick with
- keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"
- stick with
- If you stick with someone, you stay close to them. Tugging the woman's arm, she pulled her to her side saying: `You just stick with me, dear.'
- sticking
- Adherence of foil surfaces sufficient to interfere with the normal ease of unwinding
- sticking
- When fermentation stops prematurely, before enough sugar has been converted
- sticking
- Present participle of to stick
- sticking
- from Stick, v
- sticking
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- sticking
- A profile machined into the edges of stiles, rails, mullions, muntins or bars, adjacent to panels or glazing materials
- sticking
- {i} act of jabbing or poking with a pointed object; act of adhering; act of causing to adhere
- sticking
- In the window and door industry, “sticking” refers to the raised, profiled portion of stiles and rails which create the glass shelf on a window or door
- sticks
- rural terrain; any rural region
- sticks
- plural of stick
- sticks
- n Another name for Bamboos
- sticks
- The tripod legs or the whole tripod
- sticks
- Colloquial name for a measure of gelignite
- sticks
- The metal bows used as a frame for the hood see also Hoops
- stuck
- If you are stuck in a boring or unpleasant situation, you are unable to change it or get away from it. I don't want to get stuck in another job like that = trapped
- stuck
- baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck
- stuck
- caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck
- stuck
- caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"
- stuck
- past tense of to stick
- stuck
- Stuck is the past tense and past participle of stick
- stuck
- If you are stuck with something that you do not want, you cannot get rid of it. Many people are now stuck with expensive fixed-rate mortgages
- stuck
- baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
- stuck
- unable to progress
- stuck
- of Stick
- stuck
- {s} fixed in place, caught; puzzled, baffled (Informal)
- stuck
- If something is stuck at a particular level or stage, it is not progressing or changing. The negotiations have got stuck on a number of key issues US unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate stuck at 7 per cent
- stuck
- If you are stuck in a place, you want to get away from it, but are unable to. I was stuck at home with flu
- stuck
- If something is stuck in a particular position, it is fixed tightly in this position and is unable to move. He said his car had got stuck in the snow She had got something stuck between her teeth
- stuck
- If you get stuck when you are trying to do something, you are unable to continue doing it because it is too difficult. They will be there to help if you get stuck
- stuck
- A thrust
- stuck
- If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination. We're bottom of the league and we have to get stuck in. the past tense and past participle of stick
