stick

noun (1)

\ ˈstik

Definition of stick

(Entry 1 of 4)

1 : a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as

a : a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch

b : a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

2a : a long slender piece of wood or metal: such as

(1) : a club or staff used as a weapon

(2) : walking stick

b : an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game

c : something used to force compliance

d : a baton symbolizing an office or dignity also : a person entitled to bear such a baton

3 : a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building)

4 : any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: such as

a : composing stick

b : an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons

c : the gearshift lever of an automobile

5 : something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form a stick of candy a stick of butter

6a : person, chap

b : a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person

7 sticks plural : remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated : boondocks

8 : an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick celery sticks

9 : mast entry 1 sense 1 also : yard entry 1 sense 4

10 : a piece of furniture

11a : a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target

b : a number of parachutists dropping together

12 slang : a marijuana cigarette

13a : punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation choosing between the carrot and the stick

b British : criticism, abuse

stick

verb (1)

sticked; sticking; sticks

Definition of stick (Entry 2 of 4)

transitive verb

: to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick

stick

verb (2)

stuck\ ˈstək

\; sticking

Definition of stick (Entry 3 of 4)

transitive verb

1a : to pierce with something pointed : stab

b : to kill by piercing

2 : to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce

3a : to fasten by thrusting in

b : impale

c : push, thrust

4 : to put or set in a specified place or position

5 : to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing

6 : to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface

7a : to compel to pay especially by trickery got stuck with the bar bill

b : overcharge

8a : to halt the movement or action of

b : baffle, stump

9a : cheat, defraud

b : to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable is still stuck with that lousy car

10 : to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics

intransitive verb

1 : to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion:

a : to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end

b : to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering stuck in the mud

2a : to remain in a place, situation, or environment

b : to hold fast or adhere resolutely : cling she stuck to her story

c : to remain effective

d : to keep close in a chase or competition

3 : to become blocked, wedged, or jammed

4a : balk, scruple

b : to find oneself baffled

c : to be unable to proceed

5 : project, protrude

stick in one's craw

: to irritate, nag at, or obsess one

stick it to

: to treat harshly or unfairly

stick one's neck out

: to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk

stick to one's guns

: to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition

stuck on

: infatuated with

stick

noun (2)

Definition of stick (Entry 4 of 4)

1 : a thrust with a pointed instrument : stab

2a : delay, stop

b : impediment

3 : adhesive quality or substance

stick

Definition of stick

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