stickit

[ stik-it ]

/ ˈstɪk ɪt /

adjective Scot.

(of a task or product) imperfect; ruined.

(of a person) unsuccessful, especially in a chosen occupation.

Origin of stickit

1780–90; variant of sticked.See stick², -ed²

Words nearby stickit

sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone, stickle, stickleback, stickler, Stickler syndrome

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Example sentences from the Web for stickit

I will take a solitary story from Mr. Crockett's 'Stickit Minister.'
My Contemporaries In Fiction|David Christie Murray
But surely he does not want to be known as "The Stickit Minister."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 14, 1917|Various
Then the auld ass made anither out of a broken canoe paddle, and stickit the thing up in my cook-shed!
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories|Louis Becke
She 'ill aye be the bonniest as weel as the noblest o' weemen in ma een till they be stickit in deith.
The Days of Auld Lang Syne|Ian MacLaren

Some of the horses that stickit were, says Barbour, rushed and reeled right rudely.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

Idioms and Phrases with stickit

stick it

Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end. [Early 1900s] Also see stick out, def. 2.

Also, stick it or shove it up one's ass. Do whatever you like with it, I don't want it, as in Do that job all over again? Why don't you stick it?, or Tell the chef he can take this fish and shove it up his ass. This vulgar slangy idiom, which uses stick in the sense of “thrust inward or upward,” also functions as a variant of up yours. [Second half of 1800s]

单词	stickit
释义	stickit [ stik-it ] / ˈstɪk ɪt / adjective Scot. (of a task or product) imperfect; ruined. (of a person) unsuccessful, especially in a chosen occupation. Origin of stickit 1780–90; variant of sticked.See stick², -ed² Words nearby stickit sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone, stickle, stickleback, stickler, Stickler syndrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stickit I will take a solitary story from Mr. Crockett's 'Stickit Minister.' My Contemporaries In Fiction\|David Christie Murray But surely he does not want to be known as "The Stickit Minister." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 14, 1917\|Various Then the auld ass made anither out of a broken canoe paddle, and stickit the thing up in my cook-shed! Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories\|Louis Becke She 'ill aye be the bonniest as weel as the noblest o' weemen in ma een till they be stickit in deith. The Days of Auld Lang Syne\|Ian MacLaren Some of the horses that stickit were, says Barbour, rushed and reeled right rudely. The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883\|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle Idioms and Phrases with stickit stick it 1 Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end. [Early 1900s] Also see stick out, def. 2. 2 Also, stick it or shove it up one's ass. Do whatever you like with it, I don't want it, as in Do that job all over again? Why don't you stick it?, or Tell the chef he can take this fish and shove it up his ass. This vulgar slangy idiom, which uses stick in the sense of “thrust inward or upward,” also functions as a variant of up yours. [Second half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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