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See Stick

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /stɪk/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stick.ogg


Etymology 1

From stikke (stick, rod, twig) < sticca (rod, twig) < *stikkon- (to pierce, to prick) < *steig- or *stig- (to pierce, prick, be sharp).

Noun

  1. A small branch from a tree or bush.{{jump|small branch|s|t}}
  2. : The nest was made out of sticks.
  3. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
  4. : I found several good sticks in the scrap pile at the construction site.
  5. *{{quote-news|1887|August 23||At Work on the Thistle|The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F06E1DF1530E633A25750C2A96E9C94669FD7CF

|passage= It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long.}}

  1. Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance.
  2. : Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.
  3. : This wax is available as a stick.
  4. A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
  5. : He took a stick of newspapers from the rack at the library.
  6. : My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
  7. A standard thin block of butter or margarine.
  8. : The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
  9. A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum.
  10. : Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!
  11. A cane to aid in walking.{{jump|walking stick|s|t}}
  12. : I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
  13. A cudgel or truncheon, especially one carried by police or guards.
  14. : As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
  15. A negative stimulus or a punishment.
  16. *{{quote-news|1998|January 23||"Judicial activism has ushered in hope"|Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350944.html

|passage= What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a stick to dissuade people from writing or talking about them? }}

  1. A piece of furniture.{{jump|furniture|u|s}}
  2. : We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
  3. * {{quote-book|1862|w:W.M. Thackeray|W.M. Thackeray|The Adventures of Philip|edition=printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. XXV|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M3MCAAAAIAAJ|page=242

|passage=It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little sticks of furniture.}}

  1. A manual transmission or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission.{{jump|manual transmission|s|t}}
  2. : I grew up driving a stick, but many Americans my age didn’t.
  3. criticism|Criticism or ridicule.
  4. *{{quote-news|2008|May 3|Chris Roberts|It’s a stroll in the park!|Huddersfield Daily Examiner|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/05/03/it-s-a-stroll-in-the-park-86081-20855936/

|passage=I got some stick personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots.}}

  1. A line of soldiers.
  2. *{{quote-book|2007|Bart Wolffe|Persona Non Grata|page=245|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5EanTB6yyI8C|isbn=1430304774

|passage=I remember when we dreaded the rain, as our stick of soldiers walked through the damp, tick-infested long grass of the Zambezi valley, }}

  1. A memory stick.
  2. *{{quote-news|2007|May 1|Alex Fethiere|Tech front: Alex Fethiere takes eleven notable portables for a high-tech test-drive|Business Traveler|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33219686_ITM

|passage= For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images.}}

  1. A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo and lacrosse.
  2. : That was illegal tripping with the stick.
  3. The short whip carried by a jockey.
  4. In the Context of A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
  5. * 2005, surf.co.nz 1,
  6. *: Wax your stick and head down to that spot.
  7. The pole bearing a small flag which marks the hole.
  8. : His putt bounced off the stick and went in.
  9. The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
  10. *{{quote-book|1988|William Hallberg|The Rub of the Green|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=m7RaAAAAMAAJ|page=219

|passage=I doubted that the three iron was enough stick.}}

  1. hitting|Hitting ability.
  2. *{{quote-news|2002|May 19|Mike Lupica|Just Need A Little Mo|New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2002/05/19/2002-05-19_just_need_a_little_mo.html

|passage= Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.}}

  1. In the Context of An assistant plant#Verb|planted in the audience.
  2. *{{quote-book|2001|Paul Quarrington|The Spirit Cabinet|page=255|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bfk-nU-bJkgC|isbn=

|passage=The kid was a stick, a plant, a student from UNLV who picked up a few bucks nightly by saying the words "seven of hearts."}}

  1. The tool used by compositors to form lines of type.
  2. *{{quote-book|1854|Thomas Ford|The Compositor's Handbook|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qJIDAAAAQAAJ|page=125

|passage= although the headings may often be in other type, still, as these are composed in the same stick, they cannot fail to justify; }}

  1. The control column of an aircraft.
  2. Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
  3. *{{quote-book|1941|Jay D. Blaufox|33 Lessons in Flying|page=47

|passage=For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip. }}

  1. The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
  2. *{{quote-book|1997|Joseph Beals|Doors|chapter=Building Interior Doors|publisher=Taunton Press|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pnqqL6c3Zp4C|page=82|isbn=1561582042

|passage=When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks.}}

  1. A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area.
  2. * {{quote-book|2006|w:Farley Mowat|Farley Mowat|Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=of4lqiSlYg8C|isbn=0811733386|page=200

|passage=A stick of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses.}}

  1. A group of paratroopers who jump together.
  2. *{{quote-book|2006|Holly Aho|From Here to There|page=48|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zRSh5jdFpkUC|isbn=1411675401

|passage=James and I were in the same stick of five guys going through free fall school last September.}}

  1. A line of infantry in a landing craft (usually 2 per craft)
  2. A scroll (rolled around a stick).
  3. *{{quote-book|1611||The Bible|edition=w:Authorized King James Version|King James Version|section=Ezekiel 37:16

|passage=Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it }}

  1. A quantity of eels, usually 25.
  2. *{{quote-book|1866|James Edwin Thorold Rogers|A History of Agriculture and Prices in England|section=Volume 1|page=171|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZmNaZfbq5tIC|isbn=140217120X

|passage=The stick is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five. }}

  1. *{{quote-book|1999|Claire Breay|The Cartulary of Chatteris Abbey|page=62|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RRtWubS24-YC|isbn=0851157505

|passage=In the same charter, Nigel granted another 10 sticks of eels yielded by the fishery of Polwere to the abbey }}

  1. An Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
  2. * {{quote-book|1921|w:Elmer Davis|Elmer Davis|History of the New York Times, 1851-1921|page=61|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bws3AAAAIAAJ

|passage=There was another speech in that day's news — a speech which The Times printed on the front page because it was part of a front-page story, and in full — it was only two sticks long; printed in full just after the much longer invocation by the officiating clergyman }}

  1. corporal punishment|Corporal punishment; beatings.
  2. *{{quote-book|1999|Eve McDougall|A Wicked Fist|page=69|isbn=190155709X|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8c26i6lLqsQC

|passage=The child killers got some stick. I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.}}

  1. Vigorous drive|driving of a car; gas.
  2. * {{quote-book|2006|Martyn J. Pass & Dani Pass|Waiting for Red|page=163|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CaGJb0A_alsC|isbn=1905237553

|passage=Skunk really gave it some stick all the way to Caliban's place, we passed a good few Coppers but they all seemed to turn the blind eye.}}

  1. vigor|Vigor; spirit.
  2. * {{quote-book|1979|Don Bannister|Sam Chard|page=185|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jKw9AAAAIAAJ|isbn=071000219X

|passage='Choir gave it some stick on "Unto Us a Son is Born."' ¶ Cynthia nodded. ¶ 'It was always one of Russell's favourites. He makes them try hard on that.' }}

  1. A thin person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
  2. *{{quote-book|1967|Cecelia Holland|Rakóssy|page=39|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WuZCAAAAIAAJ

|passage="She's a stick, this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment."}}

  1. An unsocial person, particularly one who is either withdrawn or stuck-up.
  2. *{{quote-book|1925|Lynn Montross|East of Eden|page=37|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u_1EAAAAIAAJ

|passage=Ida's such a stick; she never goes anywhere. }}

  1. A person having the stated quality.
  2. *{{quote-book|1967|w:Maurice Shadbolt|Maurice Shadbolt|The Presence of Music: Three Novellas|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EDU_AAAAIAAJ|page=54

|passage=Your father's a great old stick. He's really been very good to me.}}

  1. A marijuana cigarette.
  2. *{{quote-book|1961|Carmelo Soraci|The Convict and the Stained Glass Windows|page=230|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pwUyAAAAIAAJ

|passage= and how they'd give anything to have a fix or puff on a stick of dope. }}

  1. The clarinet.
  2. *{{quote-book|1948|w:Fred Ramsey|Frederic Ramsey, Jr.|Jazz Parody: Anthology of Jazz Fiction|chapter=Deep Sea Rider|editor=Charles Harvey

|passage=Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that stick, man?}}

  1. The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
  2. : He shoots a mean stick of pool.
  3. *{{quote-book|2003|w:Lew Bryson|Lew Bryson|New York Breweries|page=74|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Slbz8kE-QfoC|isbn=081172817X

|passage=Come in, have a good time, drink some beer, shoot some stick, listen to some music.}}

  1. Approximately one gram of marijuana wrapped in aluminium foil in a small cylinder.


Usage notes
  • {{jump|u|furniture|s}} Generally used in the negative, or in contexts expressive of poverty or lack.


Synonyms


Derived terms

Note: Terms derived from the verb are found #Derived_terms_2|further below.

Translations

{{trans-top|twig or small branch {{jump|t|small branch|s}} }}

  • Arabic: {{Arab|غصين|غُصَيْن}}
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пръчка|f|tr=prəčka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • CJKV Characters: (bàng)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|klacek|m}}
  • Danish: pind , kvist
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|tak|m}}, {{t+|nl|takje|n}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Stock|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|κλαρί|n|tr=klarí|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: מקל|מַקֵל (makél)
  • Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|maide|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|craobh|f|xs=Irish}} (shoilire)
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|kvist|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t-|pt|graveto|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|nuia|f}}, {{t-|ro|creangă|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|ramita|f}}, {{t-|es|astilla|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|kvist|c}}, {{t+|sv|pinne|c}}, {{t+|sv|gren|c}}

{{trans-top|long piece of wood }}

  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 막대기 (makdaegi)
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|دار|sc=KUchar}}
  • Malayalam: വടി (vati)
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|kjepp|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pau|m}}, {{t+|pt|vara|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|băţ|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|палка|f|tr=pálka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|palo|m}}
  • Swedish: käpp , stav , stör
  • Ukrainian: палиця (palýtsja)

{{trans-top|cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc) }}

  • Arabic: {{Arab|اصبع|إصْبَع}}
  • Bulgarian: бастун (bastún)
  • Danish: {{t-|da|stav|c}}, {{t-|da|stok|c}}, {{t-|da|stang|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|stok|m}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Stock|m}}
  • Greek: ράβδος (rávthos)
  • Hebrew: מקל|מַקֵל (makél)
  • Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|スティック|tr=suthikku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bastão|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|barra|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|stav|c}}
  • Turkish:

{{trans-top|cane or walking stick }}

  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ステッキ |tr=sutékki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|杖|tr=tsue|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|stokk|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bengala|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|baston|n}}
  • Russian: трость (trost’)
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|bastón|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|käpp|c}}
  • Turkish:

{{trans-top|hockey stick }}

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|hůl|f}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|stav|c}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|crosse|f}}
  • Irish: {{t|ga|camán|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t|ga|maide haca|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|スティック|tr=suthikku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|hockeykølle|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|palo de hockey|m}}
  • Swedish: hockeyklubba , klubba

{{trans-top|gearstick, stickshift {{jump|t|manual transmission|s}} }}

  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|マニュアル|tr=manyuaru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|girspak|m}}
  • Portuguese:
  • Spanish: {{t|es|palanca de cambios|f}}

{{trans-top|chewing gum }}

  • Finnish: pala (small rectangular), levy (long and thin)
  • Kurdish:

{{trans-top|control column of an aircraft }}

  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|操縦桿|tr=sōjyūkan|sc=Jpan}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|palanca de mando|f}}

Verb

  1. To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.


Etymology 2

From stiken (to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened) < stician (to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened) < Proto-Germanic *stik- (to pierce, prick, be sharp) < Proto-Indo-European *steig- or *stig- (to pierce, prick, be sharp).

Noun

  1. The traction of tires on the road surface.
  2. The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
  3. *{{quote-book|2004|Simon Gawesworth|Spey Casting|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mTasJXNIBsgC|isbn=0811701042|page=47

|passage=Problem: A lot of stick and a lack of energy on the forward stroke. }}


Verb

{{en-verb|sticks|sticking|stuck}}

  1. To glue; to adhere.
  2. : Stick the label on the jar.
  3. To become attached; to adhere.
  4. : The tape will not stick if it melts.
  5. To jam; to stop moving.
  6. : The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
  7. See to stick with.
  8. To persist.
  9. : His old nickname stuck.
  10. To remain loyal; to remain firm
  11. : Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
  12. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
  13. : Stick your bag over there and come with me.
  14. To press into with a sharp point.
  15. : The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
  16. To perform (a landing) perfectly.
  17. : Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
  18. To propagate plants by cuttings.
  19. : Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.


Derived terms

Note: Terms derived from the noun are found #Derived terms|above.


Translations
  • Breton: pegañ
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лепя|tr=lepja|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Hungarian:
  • Indonesian: {{t-|id|tempel|alt=menempel|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|貼る|tr=haru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Portuguese:
  • Romanian: ,
  • Russian: приклеивать (prikléivat’)
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Czech:
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish: ,
  • German:
  • Hungarian:

See: stick with

  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|つきまとう|tr=tsuki-matou|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese:
  • Spanish:
  • Turkish:
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мятам|tr=mjatam|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch: stekken
  • Finnish: ,
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|置く|tr=oku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: ,
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|刺す|tr=sásu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • :
  • :
  • :
See also

Category:1000 English basic words Category:English ergative verbs

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Sv-stick.ogg


Noun

stick ( stick, def sg sticket, def pl sticken)

  1. sting; bite from an insect
  2. trick


Verb

stick

  1. Imperative of sticka#verb|sticka: disappear!
  2. Imperative of sticka#verb|sticka: sting (to be bitten by an insect)


Category:Automotive

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stick \Stick\, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to
stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho,
Icel. stik a stick. See Stick, v. t..]
1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from
a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of
any size, cut for fuel or timber.
[1913 Webster]

Withered sticks to gather, which might serve
Against a winter's day. --Milton.
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2. Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether
in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a
staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
[1913 Webster]

3. Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
[1913 Webster]

4. A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or
stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]

5. (Print.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is
usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills,
etc., one made of wood is used.
[1913 Webster]

6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
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A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.]

Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and
cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.]


Stick insect, (Zool.), any one of various species of
wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidae,
which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form
and color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in
such positions as to make them resemble small twigs. They
thus imitate the branches and twigs of the trees on which
they live. The common American species is {Diapheromera
femorata}. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a
foot long.

To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang]
--De Quincey.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuck(Obs. Sticked); p.
pr. & vb. n. Sticking.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined
with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and
(assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan,
OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to
be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct,
Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak,
Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in
sewing, Style for or in writing.]
1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
[1913 Webster]

And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer.
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It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir
W. Scott.
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2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
[1913 Webster]

Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak.
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3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in;
hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as
by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
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My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak.
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The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
--Dryden.
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4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
[1913 Webster]

5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
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6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
apple on a fork.
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7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to
stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also,
to attach in any manner.
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8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
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9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in
contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings
are said to be stuck.
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10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
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11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
[Slang]
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To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render
prominent.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stick \Stick\, v. i.
1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to
the wall.
[1913 Webster]

The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts
of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. --Bacon.
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2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any
position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to
abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
[1913 Webster]

A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
--Prov. xviii.
24.
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I am a kind of bur; I shall stick. --Shak.
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If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown,
'T will ever stick through malice of your own.
--Young.
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3. To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of
some obstacle; to be stayed.
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I had most need of blessing, and "Amen"
Stuck in my throat. --Shak.
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The trembling weapon passed
Through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the
last. --Dryden.
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4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred,
as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
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They will stick long at part of a demonstration for
want of perceiving the connection of two ideas.
--Locke.
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Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney
forged a will. --Arbuthnot.
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5. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
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This is the difficulty that sticks with the most
reasonable. --Swift.
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To stick by.
(a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. "We
are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick
by you." --Davenant.
(b) To be troublesome by adhering. "I am satisfied to
trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me."
--Pope.

To stick out.
(a) To project; to be prominent. "His bones that were not
seen stick out." --Job xxxiii. 21.
(b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the
garrison stuck out until relieved. [Colloq.]

To stick to, to be persevering in holding to; as, to stick
to a party or cause. "The advantage will be on our side if
we stick to its essentials." --Addison.

To stick up, to stand erect; as, his hair sticks up.

To stick up for, to assert and defend; as, to stick up for
one's rights or for a friend. [Colloq.]

To stick upon, to dwell upon; not to forsake. "If the
matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and
stick upon it with labor and thought." --Locke.
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WordNet stick
n 1: implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry
sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on
a stick"
2: a small thin branch of a tree
3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and
elevators of an airplane [syn: control stick, joystick]
4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: pin, peg]
5: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint,
marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff]
6: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no
carrot"
v 1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn:
lodge, wedge, deposit] [ant: dislodge]
2: 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!" [syn:
stay, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: 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" [syn: put forward]
4: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to]
5: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane
it"
6: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
7: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this
village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her
principles" [syn: adhere]
8: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble";
"The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: {stand
by}, stick by, adhere]
9: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
10: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the
poster onto the wall"
11: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto
the corkboard"
12: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
13: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck
the cloth with the needle"
14: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He
stuck the needle into his finger"
15: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
[syn: cling, cleave, adhere, cohere]
16: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge
tax bill" [syn: sting]
17: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
[also: stuck]
Moby Dictionary
abide
, abide with , abrade , acid , acuminate , addle , adhere ,
adhere to
, advocate , affix , agglomerate , all , alpenstock ,
altogether
, amalgamate , amaze , antidepressant , arm , articulate ,
assert
, ataractic , athletic supporter , attach , auger , back ,
backbone
, backcountry , backing , backwash , backwater , backwoods ,
baffle
, balance , balk at , ballast , bamboozle , bandeau , bar ,
bare pole
, bark , baton , batten , batten down , bayonet , be effective ,
be keen
, be still , beam , bear , bear up , bear with , bearer , beat ,
beetle
, beguile of , bewilder , bide , bilk , billet , bind , birch ,
biscuit
, bite , bleed , bleed white , blemish , blind , bloke , bloody ,
board
, boarding , boggle , bolt , bond , bone , bonnet , boondocks ,
booster
, bore , bra , brace , bracer , bracket , branch , brassiere ,
brave
, braze , break , bring up , bring up short , bristle with ,
broach
, brook , brook no denial , buckle , buffalo , bulge , bunch ,
bunco
, burden , burn , bush , butt , button , buttress , cane , capper ,
carrier
, catch , cease fire , cement , cervix , chafe , chap , charge ,
cheat
, check , chip , chisel , chouse , chouse out of , clapboard ,
clasp
, claw , cleat , cleave , cleave to , clench , clinch , cling ,
cling to
, clip , clot , club , cluster , clutch , coagulate , coast , cog ,
cog the dice
, cohere , come up fighting , come up short , con ,
confederate
, confound , confuse , congeal , conglomerate , conk out ,
consolidate
, contend , continue , cooperate , cord , cordwood , corset ,
counterbalance
, countersink , cozen , crack , cracker , craze , crib ,
crook
, crosier , cross , cross-staff , crutch , crutch-stick , cut ,
dagger
, daze , deal , defend , defraud , deposit , diapason , diddle ,
die
, die hard , diethyltryptamine , dig , dig in , dimethyltryptamine ,
dirk
, display , do in , do out of , dovetail , draw up , driftwood ,
drill
, drive , drop , dust , dwell , embrace , empierce , encumber ,
endure
, euchre , exactly , exploit , extend , fasten , fellow , ferule ,
fetch up
, finagle , firewood , firm , firm up , fix , flagstaff , flam ,
fleece
, flimflam , floor , fob , foundation garment , fracture , fray ,
frazzle
, freeze , freeze to , fret , fuddle , fudge , fulcrum , fuse ,
gage
, gall , ganja , gash , geezer , get , girdle , glue , go dead ,
go through
, gore , gouge , gouge out , grapple , grasp , grass , grip ,
gripe
, grow together , gull , gum , guy , guywire , gyp , hallucinogen ,
halt
, handstaff , hang fire , hang in , hang in there , hang on ,
hang on to
, hang together , hang tough , hardwood , hash , hashish ,
hasp
, have , have an edge , hay , heist , hemp , hinge , hinterland ,
hitch
, hocus , hocus-pocus , hold , hold fast , hold on , hold on to ,
hold out
, hold tight , hold together , hold up , hole , honeycomb ,
hook
, hug , hurt , immobilize , impale , impose on , in toto , incise ,
ingot
, injure , insert , insist , insist on , insist upon , jab , jam ,
jock
, jockstrap , join , join forces , joint , just , jut out , kava ,
keep
, keep hold of , keep in suspense , keep quiet , knife , lacerate ,
lance
, last , latch , lath , lathing , lathwork , lay , lick , lie still ,
linger
, lituus , live through it , live with it , lock , lodge , log ,
lumber
, lump , lump it , maim , mainstay , maintain , maintainer ,
make mincemeat of
, man , marijuana , mark time , mass , mast , maul ,
maze
, melt , merge , mescal , mescal bean , mescal button , mescaline ,
metronome
, mind-altering drug , mind-blowing drug ,
mind-expanding drug
, misconstruction , misinterpretation ,
misreading
, misunderstanding , miter , monochord ,
morning glory seeds
, mortise , muddle , mug , mulct , mummy ,
music stand
, mute , mutilate , mystify , nail , nail down , neck ,
needle
, never let go , never say die , nip , nonplus , not back down ,
not breathe
, not give up , not stir , not submit , obtrude ,
overcharge
, overhang , overprice , overtax , pack the deal , paddle ,
pandybat
, panelboard , paneling , panelwork , parchment , park , paste ,
pastoral st
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