ALL meanings of stick
stick
S s - idioms stick stick one's neck out. neck (def 23). 1
- idioms stick stick to one's guns. gun1 (def 17). 1
- idioms stick stick to the / one's ribs, to be substantial and nourishing, as a hearty meal: Hot cereal sticks to your ribs on those cold winter mornings. 1
- verb without object stick to have the point piercing or embedded in something: The arrow stuck in the tree. 1
- verb without object stick to remain attached by adhesion. 1
- verb without object stick to hold, cleave, or cling: The young rider stuck to the back of his terrified horse. 1
- verb without object stick to remain persistently or permanently: a fact that sticks in the mind. 1
- verb without object stick to remain firm, as in resolution, opinion, statement, or attachment; hold faithfully, as to a promise or bargain. 1
- verb without object stick to keep or remain steadily or unremittingly, as to a task, undertaking, or the like: to stick to a job until it is finished. 1
- verb without object stick to become fastened, hindered, checked, or stationary by some obstruction: Her zipper stuck halfway up. 1
- verb without object stick to be at a standstill, as from difficulties: I'm stuck on this problem. 1
- verb without object stick to be embarrassed or puzzled; hesitate or scruple (usually followed by at). 1
- verb without object stick to be thrust or placed so as to extend, project, or protrude (usually followed by through, from, out, up, etc.). 1
- countable noun stick A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. 0
- countable noun stick A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals. 0
- countable noun stick A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. 0
- countable noun stick Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks. 0
- countable noun stick A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. 0
- uncountable noun stick If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly. 0
- noun plural stick If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. 0
- verb stick If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. 0
- verb stick If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole. 0
- verb stick If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. 0
- verb stick If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, sticky tape, or another sticky substance. 0
- verb stick If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. 0
- verb stick If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. 0
- verb stick If you give someone or something a name and the name sticks, it becomes the name which most people use to refer to that person or thing. 0
- verb stick If someone manages to make a charge or accusation stick, they show that the person accused is guilty of the crime or action they are accused of. 0
- verb stick If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. 0
- verb stick If you are in an unpleasant or difficult situation and you say that you cannot stick it, you mean that you cannot bear to remain there long. 0
- noun stick a small thin branch of a tree 0
- noun stick any long thin piece of wood 0
- noun stick such a piece of wood having a characteristic shape for a special purpose 0
- noun stick a baton, wand, staff, or rod 0
- noun stick an object or piece shaped like a stick 0
- noun stick the lever used to change gear in a motor vehicle 0
- noun stick a mast or yard 0
- noun stick a group of bombs arranged to fall at intervals across a target 0
- noun stick a number of paratroops jumping in sequence 0
- noun stick verbal abuse, criticism 0
- noun stick physical power, force (esp in the phrase give it some stick) 0
- noun stick a piece of furniture 0
- noun stick a rural area considered remote or backward (esp in the phrase in the sticks) 0
- noun stick the wooded interior part of the country 0
- noun stick a declaration made by the umpire if a player's stick is above the shoulders 0
- noun stick goalposts 0
- noun stick a cannabis cigarette 0
- noun stick a means of coercion 0
- noun stick a dull boring person 0
- noun stick a person 0