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stuck

stuck
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stuhk]
    • /stʌk/
    • /stʌk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stuhk]
    • /stʌk/

Definitions of stuck word

  • verb stuck simple past tense and past participle of stick2 . 1
  • idioms stuck stick it, Slang: Often Vulgar. shove1 (def 7). 1
  • idioms stuck stick it to (someone), Slang. to take advantage of; treat unfairly. 1
  • idioms stuck stick it out, to endure something patiently to the end or its completion: It was a long, dusty trip but we stuck it out. 1
  • idioms stuck stick it up your / one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. shove1 (def 8). 1
  • idioms stuck stick one's neck out. neck (def 23). 1

Information block about the term

Origin of stuck

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English stikke, Old English sticca; akin to Old High German stehho, Old Norse stik stick; akin to stick2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Stuck

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stuck popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

stuck usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for stuck

adv stuck

  • aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.

adj stuck

  • at a loss — If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.
  • at sea — At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.
  • blown away — past participle of blow away.
  • buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
  • buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.

adjective stuck

  • beached — Having a beach.
  • becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
  • deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
  • delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
  • fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.

Top questions with stuck

  • why do dogs get stuck?
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