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US
/ˈstɪk/
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[ UK /stˈɪk/ ]
[ UK /stˈɪk/ ]
NOUN
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
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a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
cinnamon sticks
a stick of dynamite - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
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an implement consisting of a length of wood
he collected dry sticks for a campfire
the kid had a candied apple on a stick - a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
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threat of a penalty
the policy so far is all stick and no carrot - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
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informal terms for the leg
fever left him weak on his sticks
VERB
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be or become fixed
The door sticks--we will have to plane it -
be a mystery or bewildering to
Got me--I don't know the answer!
This beats me!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me -
be a devoted follower or supporter
She sticks to her principles
The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism -
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
The dress clings to her body
The sushi rice grains cohere
The label stuck to the box -
fasten with or as with pins or nails
stick the photo onto the corkboard -
stick to firmly
Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall? -
be loyal to
She stood by her husband in times of trouble
The friends stuck together through the war -
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 -
pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
He stuck the needle into his finger -
fasten with an adhesive material like glue
stick the poster onto the wall -
stay put (in a certain place)
Stick around and you will learn something!
We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati
Stay put in the corner here! -
fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress -
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill -
put, fix, force, or implant
stick your thumb in the crack
lodge a bullet in the table -
pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
he stuck the cloth with the needle
How To Use stick In A Sentence
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan. Times, Sunday Times
- Depending on the size of your pippy bag, the proportions will be all wrong, and it will look a bit like a three-dimensional stick person with a huge bloated hydrocephalic head, but don't worry about that. Hooting Yard
- This being Los Angeles, and me being a hick from the sticks, I was only a few feet away from asking the shorter guy for an autograph, when I chickened out.
- After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
- Each item was skewered on a cocktail stick and laid like sun rays around the plate, which also had a flower intricately carved out of turnip for decoration.
- That's when I noticed the little sticker on the window explaining the purpose of the ‘Child Safety Lock’.
- So you blurb the writer rather than the book, so you just know that that's going to be the one they stick on the cover.
- Two bus-rides and a walk in the rain later we found the old dairy farm, muttering under our breaths about the wisdom of locating such an establishment way out in the sticks.