[stik] 
noun, verb, sticked, stick⋅ing.| 1. | a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. |
| 2. | a relatively long and slender piece of wood. |
| 3. | a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc. |
| 4. | a rod or wand. |
| 5. | a baton. |
| 6. | Chiefly British. a walking stick or cane. |
| 7. | a club or cudgel. |
| 8. | something that serves to goad or coerce: The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime. Compare carrot (def. 3). |
| 9. | a long, slender piece or part of anything: a stick of candy; sticks of celery. |
| 10. | any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine. |
| 11. | Sports. an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick. |
| 12. | Aeronautics. a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled. |
| 13. | Nautical. a mast or spar. |
| 14. | Printing. composing stick. |
| 15. | the sticks, Informal. any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country: Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks. |
| 16. | Military.
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| 17. | Informal. stick shift. |
| 18. | Slang. a marijuana cigarette. |
| 19. | Informal. an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person. |
| 20. | Informal. a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink. |
| 21. | to furnish (a plant, vine, etc.) with a stick or sticks in order to prop or support. |
| 22. | Printing. to set (type) in a composing stick. |
| 23. | short or dirty end of the stick, Slang. the least desirable assignment, decision, or part of an arrangement. |
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