a twig or slender branch from a tree or shrub, esp gathered or cut for a purpose, e.g. as fuel or for the construction of something
a long slender piece of wood specially fashioned for use, e.g.:
a club or staff used as a weapon; a stave
a walking stick
a mast or spar on a ship
an implement used for striking or propelling a ball or other object in a game
a hockey stick
(usu in combinations) any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use, e.g. a gear stick (= gear lever), joystick (aircraft control column or lever for controlling computer image)
a conductor's baton
a long thin usu cylindrical piece of something
a stick of dynamite
a stick of celery
a number of bombs or parachutists released from an aircraft
a small group of soldiers detailed to perform a task
informal, dated a person of a specified kind
a decent old stick
the cane used as a punishment; also a caning or beating
the threat of punishment as a means of obtaining compliance, often contrasted with a carrot representing an inducement
informal critical or disapproving comment
(in pl)
in hockey, the raising of a player's stick above shoulder level, constituting a foul
(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps
(the sticks) informal, derog remote or backward rural areas
a piece of furniture
informal a marijuana cigarette; = joint1 (8)
in commerce, the stock of unsold shares left from an unsuccessful issue to be bought up by underwriters
Brit, informal to move out; to go and live elsewhere