stick
Meaning of stick
noun
- a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.
- a long, thin piece of something.
a stick of dynamite
cinnamon sticks
- a threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion).
training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick
- rural areas far from cities or civilization.
he felt hard done by living out in the sticks
- a person of a specified kind.
Janet's not such a bad old stick sometimes
- a large quantity of unsold stock, especially the proportion of shares which must be taken up by underwriters after an unsuccessful issue.
Old English sticca ‘peg, stick, spoon’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch stek ‘cutting from a plant’ and German Stecken ‘staff, stick’.
verb- push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).
he stuck his fork into the sausage
she stuck her finger in his eye
- insert, thrust, or push.
a youth with a cigarette stuck behind one ear
she stuck out her tongue at him
- adhere or cling to something.
the plastic seats stuck to my skin
if you heat the noodles in the microwave, they tend to stick together
- be fixed in a particular position or unable to move or be moved.
Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck
we got stuck in a traffic jam
the cat's stuck up a tree
- accept or tolerate (an unpleasant or unwelcome person or situation).
I can't stick Geoffrey—he's a real old misery
Old English stician, of Germanic origin; related to German sticken ‘embroider’, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek stizein ‘to prick’, stigma ‘a mark’ and Latin instigare ‘spur on’. Early senses included ‘pierce’ and ‘remain fixed (by its embedded pointed end’).
Information about stick
- The plural form of stick is: sticks.
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stick
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- stick is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
stick synonyms
Meaning control stick:
Meaning pin:
Meaning joint:
Meaning lodge:
Meaning stay:
Meaning adhere:
Meaning stand by:
Meaning cling:
Meaning sting:
Meaning perplex:
perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Meaning a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub:
Meaning the hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan:
Meaning a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something:
Meaning a stick for supporting bean plants:
Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:
Meaning a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc:
Meaning a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support:
Meaning a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal:
Meaning push suddenly or violently in a specified direction:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:
Meaning poke roughly or quickly, especially with something sharp or pointed:
Meaning break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc:
Meaning push or thrust quickly:
Meaning roughly force (something) into place:
Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:
Meaning jab or prod (someone or something) with one's finger or a sharp object:
Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:
Meaning continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so:
Meaning stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave:
Meaning live in or at a specified place:
Meaning continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition:
Meaning persist in an activity or process:
Meaning coming after all others in time or order; final:
Meaning suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently:
Meaning allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference:
Meaning lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person):
Meaning put up with or meekly accept (something unwelcome):
Meaning carry the weight of; support:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Meaning a small stream:
Meaning a pin, typically one of a pair, fitted to the gunwale of a rowing boat and on which an oar pivots:
Meaning be unable to tolerate (someone or something):
Meaning tolerate; accept:
Meaning tolerate:
Translation of stick
- German: Stock, Stab, kleben
- French: bâton, canne, maintenir, adhérer
- Spanish: palo, bastón, mantener, adherirse
- Italian: bastone, mantenere, aderire, attaccarsi, incollarsi
- Portuguese: pau, bastão, aderir
Anagrams of stick
Words that rhyme with stick
tick, Natick, practick, bedtick, bluetick, detick, retick, tietick, schtick, shtick, outpolitick, politick, ticktick, antick, downtick, phrentick, Kotick, sheeptick, uptick, Cosstick, Kerastick, Lustick, antistick, backstick, bestick, bigstick, billystick, blackstick, bodstick, bottstick, breadstick, broomstick, candlestick, candystick, canstick, catstick, chapstick, chawstick, chewstick, chopstick, clapstick, coupstick, crabstick, crowstick, dipstick, dripstick, drumstick, fiddlestick, fingerstick, flagstick
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