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stick

US/stɪk/ very common informal slang uk us
noun (6) verb (17)

noun

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.
3.

a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

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4.

informal terms of the leg

  • “fever left him weak on his sticks”
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5.
6.

threat of a penalty

  • “the policy so far is all stick and no carrot”

verb

1.

fix, force, or implant

  • “lodge a bullet in the table”
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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!”
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3.

cause to protrude or as if to protrude

  • “stick one”
  • “;”
  • “s nose into other people”
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4.

stick to firmly

  • “Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”
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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”
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8.

be loyal to

  • “She stood by her husband in times of trouble”
  • “The friends stuck together through the war”
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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”
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16.

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

  • “They stuck me with the dinner bill”
  • “I was stung with a huge tax bill”
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17.

be a mystery or bewildering to

  • “This beats me!”
  • “Got me--I don”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).

Phrases

  • a stick in a bundle cannot be broken
  • a stick in a bundle is unbreakable
  • analog stick
  • ball and stick
  • ball-and-stick model
  • balloon stick
  • beat off with a stick
  • beat with the ugly stick
  • dirt sticks Terms derived from stick (verb)
  • let crazy stick its dick in you Terms derived from stick (verb)
  • let the cobbler stick to his last Terms derived from stick (verb)
  • mud sticks Terms derived from stick (verb)

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