stickˈing noun and adjective

stickˈy adjective

1. Adhesive
2. Tenacious
3. Gluey
4. Muggy
5. Difficult (informal)
6. Unpleasant (informal)
7. (of a website) tending to attract visitors and retain their attention (informal)

transitive verb

To make sticky

noun (pl stickˈies)

An adhesive label or note

stickˈing-plaster noun

An adhesive plaster for covering wounds

stickˈing-point or stickˈing-place noun

The point beyond which a thing cannot proceed

stickˈ-in-the-mud noun

An old fogey (also adjective)

stickit minister noun (Scot)

A licentiate who never gets a pastoral charge

stickˈjaw noun

A stodgy pudding or sweetmeat

stick pin noun (US)

A tie-pin

stickˈseed noun

A plant of the borage family with barbed seeds

stickˈ-up noun

1. A hold-up
2. A stand-up collar

stickˈweed noun

Any plant with clinging seeds, esp ragweed

stickˈybeak noun (Aust and NZ informal)

A Nosey Parker

intransitive verb

To pry

sticky end noun

An unpleasant end, disaster

sticky ends plural noun

Single-stranded ends of DNA that has been cut with a restriction endonuclease, able to pair with complementary ends on, and thus joining, other fragments

stickˈy-fingˈered adjective (informal)

Prone to pilfering

sticky wicket noun

A difficult situation to cope with

sticky willie noun (Scot)

Cleavers (qv under cleave²)

stuck-upˈ adjective

Self-importantly aloof

get stuck in (or into) (informal)

To deal with, consume, attack in a vigorous, aggressive, eager, etc manner

stick around (informal)

To remain or linger

stick at

1. To hesitate or scruple at (often with nothing)
2. To persist at

stick by

To be firm in supporting, adhere closely to

stick 'em up!

Hold up your hands (or be shot)!

stick in (Scot)

1. To persevere assiduously
2. Also (of a dressing, etc) to adhere to a wound

stick in one's throat or craw

To be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to countenance

stick it to

1. To overcharge systematically
2. To gain a victory over (someone)

stick one's neck out see under neck

stick or snee see snickersnee

stick out

1. To project
2. To be obvious
3. To continue to resist

stick out for

To insist upon

stick to

To persevere in holding to

stick together

1. To be allies
2. To support each other

stick to one's guns see under gun

stick up

1. To stand up
2. To rob at gunpoint, waylay and plunder (esp US; stickˈ-up noun)

stick up for

To speak or act in defence of

stick with

1. To remain with
2. To force (a person) to cope with (something unpleasant), often in the phrase be stuck with

stuck for

Unable to proceed because of the lack of

stuck on (informal)

Enamoured of