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Noun: stick stik- An implement consisting of a length of wood
"he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" - A small thin branch of a tree
- A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an aeroplane
- control stick, joystick - A rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- Informal term for the leg
"fever left him weak on his sticks" - pin, peg - A long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- A long thin implement resembling a length of wood
"cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite" - Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff - Threat of a penalty
"the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" Verb: stick (stuck) stik- Put, fix, force, or implant
"stick your thumb in the crack" - lodge, wedge, deposit - Stay put (in a certain place)
"Stick around and you will learn something!" - stay, stick around, stay put - Stick to firmly
- adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to - Be or become fixed
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it" - Endure
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" - Be a devoted follower or supporter
"She sticks to her principles" - adhere - Be loyal to
"The friends stuck together through the war" - stand by, stick by, adhere - Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" - Fasten with an adhesive material like glue
"stick the poster onto the wall" - Fasten with or as with pins or nails
"stick the photo onto the corkboard" - Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" - Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
"he stuck the cloth with the needle" - Pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger" - Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
"The label stuck to the box" - cling, cleave, adhere, cohere - Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill" - sting - Be a mystery or bewildering to
"This question really stuck me" - perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Derived forms: sticks, stuck, sticking See also: stick out, sticker Type of: adjoin, adopt, adorn, attach, be, beautify, bedevil, befuddle, butt, butter, cig, cigaret [US], cigarette, ciggy [Brit], coffin nail, confound, confuse, contact, decorate, discombobulate, embellish, espouse, fag [Brit], fasten, fix, follow, force, fox, fuddle, gasper [Brit], grace, implement, leg, lever, limb, margarin, margarine, marge [Brit], meet, oleo [N. Amer], oleomargarine [Brit, Cdn], ornament, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, persist, pierce, punishment, remain, secure, sports equipment, stay, stay in place, throw, thrust, touch, tree branch Encyclopedia: Stick |