stick
adjective
1. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
- A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
- A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.
noun
1. an implement consisting of a length of wood
- he collected dry sticks for a campfire
- the kid had a candied apple on a stick
Definition categories: man–made, implement
2. a small thin branch of a tree
Definition categories: plant, limb
3. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
Similar word(s): joystick
Definition categories: man–made, lever
4. a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
Definition categories: food, margarin, margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, butter
5. informal terms for the leg
- fever left him weak on his sticks
Definition categories: body, leg
6. a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
Definition categories: man–made
7. a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- cinnamon sticks
- a stick of dynamite
Definition categories: man–made, implement
8. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Similar word(s): joint, reefer, spliff
Definition categories: man–made, butt, cigaret, cigarette
9. threat of a penalty
- the policy so far is all stick and no carrot
Definition categories: act, penalization, penalty, punishment
Sentences with stick as a noun:
- The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
- I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
- I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
- I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
- As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
- We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
- Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
- The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
- Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick! a stick of gum
- Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.
- (US) My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
- I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
- His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.
- His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.
- He shoots a mean stick of pool.
- He really gave that digging some stick. = he threw himself into the task of diggingShe really gave that bully some stick. = she berated him (this sense melts into the previous sense, "punishment")Give it some stick!
verb
1. put, fix, force, or implant
- stick your thumb in the crack
Similar word(s): deposit, lodge, wedge
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
2. stay put (in a certain place)
- Stick around and you will learn something!
Similar word(s): stay
Definition categories: motion
3. stick to firmly
Similar word(s): adhere, bind, bond
Definition categories: contact, attach
4. be or become fixed
- The door sticks--we will have to plane it
Definition categories: stative, be
5. endure
Definition categories: stative, persist, remain, stay
6. be a devoted follower or supporter
- She sticks to her principles
Similar word(s): adhere
Definition categories: stative, adopt, espouse, follow
7. be loyal to
Similar word(s): adhere
Definition categories: stative, be
8. cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it
Definition categories: creation, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
9. fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- stick the poster onto the wall
Definition categories: contact, fasten
10. fasten with or as with pins or nails
- stick the photo onto the corkboard
Definition categories: contact, fasten
11. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress
Definition categories: contact, fasten
12. pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
Definition categories: contact, pierce, thrust
13. pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
Definition categories: contact, pierce, thrust
14. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Similar word(s): adhere, cleave, cling, cohere
Definition categories: contact, adjoin, meet, touch
15. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Similar word(s): sting
Definition categories: communication, force, thrust
16. be a mystery or bewildering to
Similar word(s): amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stupefy, vex
Definition categories: cognition, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
Sentences with stick as a verb:
- The tape will not stick if it melts.
- The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
- Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
- Stick the label on the jar.
- Stick your bag over there and come with me.
- The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
- to stick a needle into one's finger
- to stick an apple on a fork
- Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
- Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
- to stick type
- to stick somebody with a hard problem