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stuck

  [stuhk] ,
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–verb
1. pt. and pp. of stick 2 .
—Idiom
2. stuck on. Informal. infatuated with: He met her only once and is already stuck on her.
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stick

1  [stik] noun, verb, sticked, stick⋅ing.
–noun
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.
a. a group of bombs so arranged as to be released in a row across a target.
b. the bomb load.
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
—Idiom
23. short or dirty end of the stick, Slang. the least desirable assignment, decision, or part of an arrangement.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stikke, OE sticca; akin to OHG stehho, ON stik stick; akin to stick 2

Related forms:
stickless, adjective
sticklike, adjective

stick

2  [stik] verb, stuck, stick⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
2. to kill by this means: to stick a pig.
3. to thrust (something pointed) in, into, through, etc.: to stick a needle into a pincushion.
4. to fasten in position by thrusting a point or end into something: to stick a peg in a pegboard.
5. to fasten in position by or as if by something thrust through: to stick a painting on the wall.
6. to put on or hold with something pointed; impale: to stick a marshmallow on a fork.
7. to decorate or furnish with things piercing the surface: to stick a cushion full of pins.
8. to furnish or adorn with things attached or set here and there: to stick shelves full of knickknacks.
9. to place upon a stick or pin for exhibit: to stick butterflies.
10. to thrust or poke into a place or position indicated: to stick one's head out of the window.
11. to place or set in a specified position; put: Stick the chair in the corner.
12. to fasten or attach by causing to adhere: to stick a stamp on a letter.
13. to bring to a standstill; render unable to proceed or go back (usually used in the passive): The car was stuck in the mud.
14. Carpentry. to start (a nail).
15. Ceramics. to join (pieces of partially hardened clay) together, using slip as an adhesive.
16. Chiefly British Informal. to tolerate; endure: He couldn't stick the job more than three days.
17. to confuse or puzzle; bewilder; perplex; nonplus: He was stuck by the very first problem on the test.
18. Informal. to impose something disagreeable upon (a person or persons), as a large bill or a difficult task: The committee persistently stuck him with fund collection.
19. Informal. to cheat.
20. Slang: Often Vulgar. to go to hell with: often used imperatively.
–verb (used without object)
21. to have the point piercing or embedded in something: The arrow stuck in the tree.
22. to remain attached by adhesion.
23. to hold, cleave, or cling: The young rider stuck to the back of his terrified horse.
24. to remain persistently or permanently: a fact that sticks in the mind.
25. to remain firm, as in resolution, opinion, statement, or attachment; hold faithfully, as to a promise or bargain.
26. to keep or remain steadily or unremittingly, as to a task, undertaking, or the like: to stick to a job until it is finished.
27. to become fastened, hindered, checked, or stationary by some obstruction: Her zipper stuck halfway up.
28. to be at a standstill, as from difficulties: I'm stuck on this problem.
29. to be embarrassed or puzzled; hesitate or scruple (usually fol. by at).
30. to be thrust or placed so as to extend, project, or protrude (usually fol. by through, from, out, up, etc.).
–noun
31. a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
32. a stoppage or standstill.
33. something causing delay or difficulty.
34. the quality of adhering or of causing things to adhere.
35. something causing adhesion.
—Verb phrases
36. stick around, Informal. to wait in the vicinity; linger: If you had stuck around, you'd have seen the fireworks.
37. stick by or to, to maintain one's attachment or loyalty to; remain faithful to: They vowed to stick by one another no matter what happened.
38. stick out, to extend; protrude: Stick out your tongue. Your shirttail is sticking out.
39. stick up, Informal. to rob, esp. at gunpoint: A lone gunman stuck up the gas station.
40. stick up for, to speak in favor of; come to the defense of; support: She always sticks up for him, even though he doesn't deserve it.
—Idioms
41. stick it, Slang: Often Vulgar. shove 1 (def. 7).
42. stick it to (someone), Slang. to take advantage of; treat unfairly.
43. stick it out, to endure something patiently to the end or its completion: It was a long, dusty trip but we stuck it out.
44. stick it up your or one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. shove 1 (def. 8).
45. stick one's neck out. neck (def. 23).
46. stick to one's guns. gun 1 (def. 16).
47. stick to the or one's ribs, to be substantial and nourishing, as a hearty meal: Hot cereal sticks to your ribs on those cold winter mornings.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME stiken, OE stician to pierce, thrust; akin to G stechen to sting, L -stīg- in instīgāre (see instigate ), Gk stízein (see stigma )

Related forms:
stick⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stick⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. penetrate, spear. 6. transfix. 9. pin. 12. glue, cement, paste. 22. Stick, adhere, cohere mean to cling to or be tightly attached to something. Adhere implies that one kind of material clings tenaciously to another; cohere adds the idea that a thing is attracted to and held by something like itself: Particles of sealing wax cohere and form a mass that will adhere to tin. Stick, a more colloquial and general term, is used particularly when a third kind of material is involved: A gummed label will stick to a package. 29. stickle, waver, doubt.
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stick   (stĭk)   
n.  

  1. A long slender piece of wood, especially:

    1. A branch or stem cut from a tree or shrub.

    2. A piece of wood, such as a tree branch, that is used for fuel, cut for lumber, or shaped for a specific purpose.

    3. A wand, staff, baton, or rod.

    4. Sports & Games Any of various implements shaped like a rod and used in play: a hockey stick.

    5. The control device of an aircraft that operates the elevators and ailerons.

    6. Informal A stick shift.

    7. A composing stick.

    8. A stickful.

    9. A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.

    10. Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.

    11. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.

    12. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

  2. A walking stick; a cane.

  3. Something slender and often cylindrical in form: a stick of dynamite.

  4. Slang A marijuana cigarette.

    1. The control device of an aircraft that operates the elevators and ailerons.

    2. Informal A stick shift.

    3. A composing stick.

    4. A stickful.

    5. A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.

    6. Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.

    7. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.

    8. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

  6. Nautical A mast or a part of a mast.

  7. Printing

    1. A composing stick.

    2. A stickful.

    3. A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.

    4. Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.

    5. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.

    6. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

    1. A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.

    2. Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.

    3. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.

    4. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

  9. A timber tree.

  10. Informal A piece of furniture.

  11. A poke, thrust, or stab with a stick or similar object: a stick in the ribs.

  12. A threatened penalty: using both a carrot and a stick to keep allies in line.

  13. The condition or power of adhering: a glue with plenty of stick.

  14. sticks Informal

    1. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.

    2. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

  15. Informal A person regarded as stiff, boring, or spiritless.

  16. Archaic A difficulty or obstacle; a delay.

v.   stuck (stŭk), stick·ing, sticks

v.   tr.

  1. To pierce, puncture, or penetrate with a pointed instrument.

  2. To kill by piercing.

  3. To thrust or push (a pointed instrument) into or through another object.

  4. To fasten into place by forcing an end or point into something: stick a hook on the wall.

  5. To fasten or attach with or as if with pins, nails, or similar devices.

  6. To fasten or attach with an adhesive material, such as glue or tape.

  7. To cover or decorate with objects piercing the surface.

  8. To fix, impale, or transfix on a pointed object: stick an olive on a toothpick.

  9. To put, thrust, or push: stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

  10. To detain or delay.

  11. past tense and past participle sticked (stĭkt) To prop (a plant) with sticks or brush on which to grow.

  12. past tense and past participle sticked Printing To set (type) in a composing stick.

  13. Informal To confuse, baffle, or puzzle: Sometimes even simple questions stick me.

  14. To cover or smear with something sticky.

  15. Informal To put blame or responsibility on; burden: stuck me with the bill.

  16. Slang To defraud or cheat: The dealer stuck me with shoddy merchandise.

v.   intr.

  1. To be or become fixed or embedded in place by having the point thrust in.

  2. To become or remain attached or in close association by or as if by adhesion; cling: stick together in a crowd.

    1. To remain firm, determined, or resolute: stuck to basic principles.

    2. To remain loyal or faithful: stuck by her through hard times.

    3. To persist or endure: a bad name that has stuck.

  4. To scruple or hesitate: She sticks at nothing—no matter how difficult.

  5. To become fixed, blocked, checked, or obstructed: The drawer stuck and would not open.

  6. To project or protrude: hair sticking out on his head.

  7. Sports To throw a jab in boxing.

  8. To be prominent.

  9. Informal To put up with: stick out a bad situation.

Phrasal Verb(s):
stick around Informal To remain; linger.
stick out

  1. To be prominent.

  2. Informal To put up with: stick out a bad situation.

stick upTo rob, especially at gunpoint.

Idiom(s):
be stuck on Informal To be very fond of.

Idiom(s):
stick it to Slang To treat severely or wrongfully.

Idiom(s):
stick (one's) neck out Informal To make oneself vulnerable; take a risk.

Idiom(s):
stick to/by one's gunsTo hold fast to an opinion or a set course of action.

Idiom(s):
stick to (one's) knitting Informal To mind one's own business.

Idiom(s):
stick to (one's) ribs Informal To be substantial or filling. Used of food.

Idiom(s):
stick up forTo defend or support.

[Middle English stikke, from Old English sticca; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]
stuck   (stŭk)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of stick.
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Slang Dictionary
stick

  1. n.
    a baseball bat. (Baseball.) : He holds the stick up higher than most batters.
  2. n.
    a pool cue. : He drew the stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave the cue ball a sharp knock.
  3. n.
    a golf club. : These aren't my sticks, and you aren't my caddy. What's going on around here?
  4. n.
    the lever that controls the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the tail of an aircraft. : The pilot pulled back on the stick, and the plane did nothing—being that he hadn't even started the engine or anything. , You pull back on the stick, which lowers the tail and raises the nose, and up you go.
  5. n.
    a gearshift lever in a car. (See also stick shift.) : I keep reaching for the stick in a
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stick  (n.)
O.E. sticca "rod, twig, spoon," from P.Gmc. *stikkon- "pierce, prick" (cf. O.N. stik, O.H.G. stehho, Ger. Stecken "stick, staff"), from PIE *st(e)ig- (see stick (v.)). Meaning "staff used in a game" is from 1674 (originally billiards); meaning "manual gearshift lever" first recorded 1914. Phrase Sticks "rural place" is 1905, from sticks in slang sense of "trees" (cf. backwoods). Stick-ball is attested from 1824. Alliterative connection of sticks and stones is recorded from c.1436.

stuck 
"unable to go any further," 1885, from pp. of stick (v.). Colloq. stuck-up "assuming an unjustified air of superiority" is recorded from 1829.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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