stuck-in-the-mudn.

Brit.

/ˈstʌkɪnðəˌmʌd/, U.S.

/ˈstəkᵻnðəˌməd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to be stuck in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4b.

Etymology: < to be stuck in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4b. Compare stick-in-the-mud n. 2.

A children’s chasing game, now usually one in which a player who is caught has to stand still with legs apart and arms outstretched (as though stuck in mud) until released by another player going through the trapped player's legs or underneath his or her arms.Also known as stick-in-the-mud (see stick-in-the-mud n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > other chasing games

course-a-park1613

hunt the squirrel1742

Tom Tiddler's ground1816

one catch all1854

Relievo1877

pig in the middle1887

Red Rover1891

ring-a-levio1891

stuck-in-the-mud1944

British Bulldog1949

kiss chase1957

stick-in-the-mud1968

1944 E. A. Seefeld Physical Educ. for Elem. Grades vi. iii. 161 Stuck in the Mud. A player, chosen to be ‘it’, stands in [an]..area, which might be called 'the mud'... Anyone who is tagged once by the chosen player (while in the ‘mud’) is caught and must aid in catching others.

1970 N.Y. Mag. 10 Aug. 28/2 In Stuck-in-the-Mud, one person tags another; the one tagged then has to stand with his legs open, as though stuck in mud, and wait to be freed by a teammate.

1998 P. Blatchford Social Life in School v. 66 By the third term, there appeared to be..a clear reduction in ‘traditional’ games like ‘4040’, ‘Grandmother's Footsteps’, ‘Stuck in the Mud’,..and even the basic 'It' and chasing.

2009 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 21 Nov. 14 The girls decide they are going to play stuck-in-the-mud and tag out on the grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

b. to be stuck in the mud: to be unable to progress or develop, either through adverse circumstances, or through a resistance to change; (now) esp. to be unprogressive or unadventurous. Also (usually hyphenated) stuck-in-the-mud adj. Cf. stick-in-the-mud adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1711 G. Cary Physician's Phylactic 85 Here Dr. T. is so closely fixed, and stuck in the Mud, that he can't rise beyond the Horizon of Sense.

1830 Olio 24 July 62/1 When a person is in difficulties, he is said to be ‘stuck in the mud’.

1904 Arizona Republican 17 June 5/4 (advt.) If you eat plenty of it [sc. cereal] you won't have those stuck-in-the-mud days when everything seems to be going backward instead of forward.

1957 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 14 Dec. 11/1 The cold war..has placed the United States in the same stuck-in-the-mud position that it accuses the Soviet Union of holding.

1990 M. C. Reed in Chairing Math. Sci. Dept. 1990s ii. 18 I am continually amazed at the resistance..to experimentation with the curriculum... We really are stuck in the mud.

2016 Sun (Nexis) 6 Aug. (TV Mag.) 66 If someone changes their mind..I can get pretty stuck in the mud: ‘We had a plan, we're sticking to the plan.’

单词	stuck-in-the-mud
释义	stuck-in-the-mudn. Brit. /ˈstʌkɪnðəˌmʌd/, U.S. /ˈstəkᵻnðəˌməd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to be stuck in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4b. Etymology: < to be stuck in the mud at stick v.¹ Phrases 4b. Compare stick-in-the-mud n. 2. A children’s chasing game, now usually one in which a player who is caught has to stand still with legs apart and arms outstretched (as though stuck in mud) until released by another player going through the trapped player's legs or underneath his or her arms.Also known as stick-in-the-mud (see stick-in-the-mud n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > other chasing games course-a-park1613 hunt the squirrel1742 Tom Tiddler's ground1816 one catch all1854 Relievo1877 pig in the middle1887 Red Rover1891 ring-a-levio1891 stuck-in-the-mud1944 British Bulldog1949 kiss chase1957 stick-in-the-mud1968 1944 E. A. Seefeld Physical Educ. for Elem. Grades vi. iii. 161 Stuck in the Mud. A player, chosen to be ‘it’, stands in [an]..area, which might be called 'the mud'... Anyone who is tagged once by the chosen player (while in the ‘mud’) is caught and must aid in catching others. 1970 N.Y. Mag. 10 Aug. 28/2 In Stuck-in-the-Mud, one person tags another; the one tagged then has to stand with his legs open, as though stuck in mud, and wait to be freed by a teammate. 1998 P. Blatchford Social Life in School v. 66 By the third term, there appeared to be..a clear reduction in ‘traditional’ games like ‘4040’, ‘Grandmother's Footsteps’, ‘Stuck in the Mud’,..and even the basic 'It' and chasing. 2009 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 21 Nov. 14 The girls decide they are going to play stuck-in-the-mud and tag out on the grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas stuck-in-the-mud b. to be stuck in the mud: to be unable to progress or develop, either through adverse circumstances, or through a resistance to change; (now) esp. to be unprogressive or unadventurous. Also (usually hyphenated) stuck-in-the-mud adj. Cf. stick-in-the-mud adj. and n. ΚΠ 1711 G. Cary Physician's Phylactic 85 Here Dr. T. is so closely fixed, and stuck in the Mud, that he can't rise beyond the Horizon of Sense. 1830 Olio 24 July 62/1 When a person is in difficulties, he is said to be ‘stuck in the mud’. 1904 Arizona Republican 17 June 5/4 (advt.) If you eat plenty of it [sc. cereal] you won't have those stuck-in-the-mud days when everything seems to be going backward instead of forward. 1957 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 14 Dec. 11/1 The cold war..has placed the United States in the same stuck-in-the-mud position that it accuses the Soviet Union of holding. 1990 M. C. Reed in Chairing Math. Sci. Dept. 1990s ii. 18 I am continually amazed at the resistance..to experimentation with the curriculum... We really are stuck in the mud. 2016 Sun (Nexis) 6 Aug. (TV Mag.) 66 If someone changes their mind..I can get pretty stuck in the mud: ‘We had a plan, we're sticking to the plan.’ extracted from stickv.¹ < n.1944 as lemmas
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