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 stickit1780–90; variant of sticked.See stick2, -ed2 Words nearby stickitsticking 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 stickitIdioms and Phrases with stickitstick 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] 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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