stick
verb 1
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion <those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems> 2
to arrange something in a certain spot or position <you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything> Synonyms depose,
deposit,
dispose,
emplace,
fix,
lay,
position,
put,
set,
set up,
situate,
stick Related Words move,
rearrange,
reorder,
shift;
orient;
establish,
locate,
plant,
settle;
clap,
flop,
plank,
plop,
plump,
plunk (
or plonk),
plunk down,
slap;
ensconce,
niche;
assemble,
collect;
carry;
berth,
park;
affix,
anchor,
lock,
lodge,
wedge;
array,
lay out,
line up,
queue,
rank;
set down 3
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object <could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it> Synonyms gore,
harpoon,
jab,
lance,
peck,
pick,
pierce,
pink,
puncture,
run through,
skewer,
spear,
spike,
spit,
stab,
stick,
transfix,
transpierce Related Words spindle;
perforate,
riddle;
bayonet,
dirk,
gimlet,
pike,
poniard,
prong,
quill;
pinprick,
poke,
prick,
punch,
thrust;
cut,
knife,
slice 4
to rob by the use of trickery or threats <she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site> Synonyms beat,
bilk,
bleed,
cheat,
chisel,
chouse,
con,
cozen,
defraud,
diddle,
do,
do in,
euchre,
fiddle,
flimflam,
gaff,
gyp,
hose [slang],
hustle,
mulct,
nobble [British slang],
pluck,
ream,
rip off,
rook,
screw,
shake down,
short,
shortchange,
skin,
skunk,
squeeze,
stick,
stiff,
sting,
sucker,
swindle,
thimblerig,
victimize Related Words extort,
wrench,
wrest,
wring;
clip,
gouge,
nick,
overcharge,
soak;
exploit,
milk;
deceive,
dupe,
fool,
gull,
trick;
rope (in);
betray,
bitch,
double-cross;
bamboozle,
fast-talk 
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