See Stick
From stikke (stick, rod, twig) < sticca (rod, twig) < *stikkon- (to pierce, to prick) < *steig- or *stig- (to pierce, prick, be sharp).
|passage= It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long.}}
|passage= What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a stick to dissuade people from writing or talking about them? }}
|passage=It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little sticks of furniture.}}
|passage=I got some stick personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots.}}
|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, }}
|passage= For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images.}}
|passage=I doubted that the three iron was enough stick.}}
|passage= Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.}}
|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."}}
|passage= although the headings may often be in other type, still, as these are composed in the same stick, they cannot fail to justify; }}
|passage=For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip. }}
|passage=When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks.}}
|passage=A stick of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses.}}
|passage=James and I were in the same stick of five guys going through free fall school last September.}}
|passage=Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it }}
|passage=The stick is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five. }}
|passage=In the same charter, Nigel granted another 10 sticks of eels yielded by the fishery of Polwere to the abbey }}
|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 }}
|passage=The child killers got some stick. I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.}}
|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.}}
|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.' }}
|passage="She's a stick, this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment."}}
|passage=Ida's such a stick; she never goes anywhere. }}
|passage=Your father's a great old stick. He's really been very good to me.}}
|passage= and how they'd give anything to have a fix or puff on a stick of dope. }}
|passage=Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that stick, man?}}
|passage=Come in, have a good time, drink some beer, shoot some stick, listen to some music.}}
Note: Terms derived from the verb are found #Derived_terms_2|further below.
{{trans-top|twig or small branch {{jump|t|small branch|s}} }}
{{trans-top|long piece of wood }}
{{trans-top|cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc) }}
{{trans-top|cane or walking stick }}
{{trans-top|hockey stick }}
{{trans-top|gearstick, stickshift {{jump|t|manual transmission|s}} }}
{{trans-top|chewing gum }}
{{trans-top|control column of an aircraft }}
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).
|passage=Problem: A lot of stick and a lack of energy on the forward stroke. }}
{{en-verb|sticks|sticking|stuck}}
Note: Terms derived from the noun are found #Derived terms|above.
See: stick with
Category:1000 English basic words Category:English ergative verbs
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stick ( stick, def sg sticket, def pl sticken)
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