Definition of stick
(Entry 1 of 4)
1
: a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as
a
: a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch
b
: a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material
2a
: a long slender piece of wood or metal: such as
(1)
: a club or staff used as a weapon
(2)
: walking stick
b
: an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game
c
: something used to force compliance
d
: a baton symbolizing an office or dignity
also
: a person entitled to bear such a baton
3
: a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building)
4
: any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: such as
a
: composing stick
b
: an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons
c
: the gearshift lever of an automobile
5
: something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form
a stick of candy a stick of butter
7
sticks plural
: remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated : boondocks
8
: an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick
celery sticks
10
: a piece of furniture
11a
: a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target
b
: a number of parachutists dropping together
12
slang
: a marijuana cigarette
stick
verb (1)
sticked; sticking; sticks
Definition of stick (Entry 2 of 4)
: to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick
stick
verb (2)Definition of stick (Entry 3 of 4)
1a
: to pierce with something pointed : stab
b
: to kill by piercing
2
: to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce
4
: to put or set in a specified place or position
5
: to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing
6
: to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface
7a
: to compel to pay especially by trickery
got stuck with the bar bill
b
: overcharge
b
: to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable
is still stuck with that lousy car
10
: to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics
1
: to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion:
a
: to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end
b
: to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering
stuck in the mud
2a
: to remain in a place, situation, or environment
b
: to hold fast or adhere resolutely : cling
she stuck to her story
c
: to remain effective
d
: to keep close in a chase or competition
3
: to become blocked, wedged, or jammed
stick in one's craw
stick it to
stick one's neck out
stick to one's guns
stuck on
: to irritate, nag at, or obsess one
: to treat harshly or unfairly
: to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk
: to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition
: infatuated with
stick
noun (2)Definition of stick (Entry 4 of 4)
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The first known use of stick was before the 12th century
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