Stick

English

Noun

Stick (plural Sticks)

1. A small branch from a tree or bush. ^{syn. transl.}

   The nest was made out of sticks.

2. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. ^transl.

   I found several good sticks in the brush heap.

   What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.

   • 1887 August 23

   It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long.

3. (US) A two by four, the standard board used in constructing a frame house.

   I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.

4. Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance. ^transl.

   Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.

   Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick. (Also (US) ... "available in a ... stick.")

5. A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.

   (US) He took a stick of newspapers from the rack at the library.

   (US) My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.

6. A small rectangular block of shortening (butter, margarine, lard, etc.) in (North America) weighing one quarter pound and containing by volume one half cup.

   The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.

7. A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum. ^transl.

   Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!

8. A cane or walking stick to aid in walking. ^{syn. transl.}

   I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.

9. A cudgel or truncheon, especially one carried by police or guards.

   As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.

10. A negative stimulus or a punishment.
    • 1998 January 23

    What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a stick to dissuade people from writing or talking about them?

11. (figuratively) A piece of furniture. ^usage syn.

    We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
12. (US, colloquial) A manual transmission or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission. ^{syn. transl.}

    I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn’t.

13. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.

    I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.

14. (UK, uncountable) (probably derived from the Yiddish schtick) Criticism or ridicule.
    • 2008 May 3 Chris Roberts

    I got some stick personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots.

15. (South African) A line of soldiers.
16. (computing) A memory stick.
    • 2007 May 1 Alex Fethiere

    For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images.

17. (sports) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. ^transl.

    Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.

18. (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
19. (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
    • 2005, surf.co.nz [1],

      Wax your stick and head down to that spot.

20. (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. ^syn.

    His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.

21. (sports, uncountable)

    (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.

    (golf)

    (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.

    (baseball) General hitting ability.

    • 2002 May 19 Mike Lupica

    Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.

    Hockey: The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.

22. (magic) An assistant planted in the audience. ^syn.
23. (dated, letterpress typography) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
24. (aviation) The control column of an aircraft. ^transl. By convention a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to that used in automobiles, is also called the "stick".
25. (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
26. (military aviation) A fighter pilot.
27. (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
28. (military, dated) A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area. ^syn.
29. (military) A group of paratroopers who jump together.
30. (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
31. (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25. ^syn.
32. (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
33. (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; beatings.
34. (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
35. (slang) Vigor; spirit.
36. (slang) A thin person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
37. (slang) An unsocial person, particularly one who is either withdrawn or stuck-up.
38. (slang, dated) A person having the stated quality.
39. (slang) A cigarette of tobacco or marijuana. ^syn.
40. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)</span> (Australian, slang) Approximately one gram of marijuana wrapped in a small cylinder of aluminium foil.
41. (jazz, slang) The clarinet. ^syn. (more often: liquorice stick)
42. (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.

    His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.

43. (US, slang, uncountable) The game of pool, or an individual pool game.

    He shoots a mean stick of pool.
44. (UK, Aus, slang) Effort, vigour, energy, intensity, in a positive or negative sense.

    "He really gave that digging some stick" could be said of someone digging a garden. "She really gave that bully some stick" could be used of a mother berating a bully. "Give it some stick" said as encouragement.

Notes

• (furniture ^def. syn.): </span> Generally used in the negative, or in contexts expressive of poverty or lack.

Synonyms

• (small branch ^{def. transl.}): </span> branch, twig; kindling, brush (uncountable)
• (two by four ^def.): </span> two by four
• (walking stick ^{def. transl.}): </span> cane, walking stick
• (manual transmission ^{def. transl.}): </span> stickshift; gearstick
• (magician's assistant ^def.): </span> plant, shill
• (furniture ^def. usage): </span> piece, item
• (hole pole ^def.): </span> pin, flagstick
• (cluster of bombs ^def.): </span> train
• (clarinet ^def.): </span> licorice stick
• (measure of eels ^def.): </span> stich, broach
• (marijuana cigarette ^def.): </span> joint, reefer
• See also Thesaurus:stick

Derived terms

Note: Terms derived from the verb are found further below.

Terms derived from the noun "stick"

Chapman Stick chopstick clue stick composing stick dipstick drumstick give stick glue stick

high-stick/high-sticking hockey stick in the sticks it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog joystick lipstick memory stick nightstick

old stick stick deodorant stick in the mud stick shaker stickshift walking stick yardstick

Verb

Stick (third-person singular simple present Sticks, present participle Sticking, simple past and past participle Sticked)

1. To strike someone with a stick
2. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.

Noun

Stick (uncountable)

1. (auto racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
2. (fishing, uncountable) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.

Verb

Stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle stuck)

1. (transitive) To glue; to adhere.

   Stick the label on the jar.

2. (intransitive) To become attached; to adhere.

   The tape will not stick if it melts.

3. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.

   The lever sticks if you push it too far up.

4. (intransitive) See to stick with.
5. (intransitive) To persist.

   His old nickname stuck.

6. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
7. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.

   Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
8. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).

   Stick your bag over there and come with me.

9. (transitive) To press into with a sharp point.

   The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.

10. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.

    Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.

11. (transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.

    Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.

Derived terms

Note: Terms derived from the noun are found above.

• sticker
• sticktoitiveness
• sticky

Adjectives for Stick

dead-brown; gnarled; knobbed; thick; knotted; sturdy; twisted; pointed.

Verbs for Stick

thrust—; thwack with—; twirl—; wave—; whack with—; whittle—; —coerces; —intimidates; —supports; —sustains.

See also

cane, baton, club.

Adverbs for Stick

tenaciously; manfully; faithfully; firmly; adhesively; sturdily; jealously.

Thesaurus

abide, abide with, abrade, acid, acuminate, addle, adhere, adhere to, advocate, affix, agglomerate, all, alpenstock, altogether, amalgamate, amaze, antidepressant, arm, articulate, assert, ataractic, athletic supporter, attach, auger, back, backbone, backcountry, backing, backwash, backwater, backwoods, baffle, balance, balk at, ballast, bamboozle, bandeau, bar, bare pole, bark, baton, batten, batten down, bayonet, be effective, be keen, be still, beam, bear, bear up, bear with, bearer, beat, beetle, beguile of, bewilder, bide, bilk, billet, bind, birch, biscuit, bite, bleed, bleed white, blemish, blind, bloke, bloody, board, boarding, boggle, bolt, bond, bone, bonnet, boondocks, booster, bore, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, branch, brassiere, brave, braze, break, bring up, bring up short, bristle with, broach, brook, brook no denial, buckle, buffalo, bulge, bunch, bunco, burden, burn, bush, butt, button, buttress, cane, capper, carrier, catch, cease fire, cement, cervix, chafe, chap, charge, cheat, check, chip, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, clapboard, clasp, claw, cleat, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling to, clip, clot, club, cluster, clutch, coagulate, coast, cog, cog the dice, cohere, come up fighting, come up short, con, confederate, confound, confuse, congeal, conglomerate, conk out, consolidate, contend, continue, cooperate, cord, cordwood, corset, counterbalance, countersink, cozen, crack, cracker, craze, crib, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick, cut, dagger, daze, deal, defend, defraud, deposit, diapason, diddle, die, die hard, diethyltryptamine, dig, dig in, dimethyltryptamine, dirk, display, do in, do out of, dovetail, draw up, driftwood, drill, drive, drop, dust, dwell, embrace, empierce, encumber, endure, euchre, exactly, exploit, extend, fasten, fellow, ferule, fetch up, finagle, firewood, firm, firm up, fix, flagstaff, flam, fleece, flimflam, floor, fob, foundation garment, fracture, fray, frazzle, freeze, freeze to, fret, fuddle, fudge, fulcrum, fuse, gage, gall, ganja, gash, geezer, get, girdle, glue, go dead, go through, gore, gouge, gouge out, grapple, grasp, grass, grip, gripe, grow together, gull, gum, guy, guywire, gyp, hallucinogen, halt, handstaff, hang fire, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang on to, hang together, hang tough, hardwood, hash, hashish, hasp, have, have an edge, hay, heist, hemp, hinge, hinterland, hitch, hocus, hocus-pocus, hold, hold fast, hold on, hold on to, hold out, hold tight, hold together, hold up, hole, honeycomb, hook, hug, hurt, immobilize, impale, impose on, in toto, incise, ingot, injure, insert, insist, insist on, insist upon, jab, jam, jock, jockstrap, join, join forces, joint, just, jut out, kava, keep, keep hold of, keep in suspense, keep quiet, knife, lacerate, lance, last, latch, lath, lathing, lathwork, lay, lick, lie still, linger, lituus, live through it, live with it, lock, lodge, log, lumber, lump, lump it, maim, mainstay, maintain, maintainer, make mincemeat of, man, marijuana, mark time, mass, mast, maul, maze, melt, merge, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, metronome, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misreading, misunderstanding, miter, monochord, morning glory seeds, mortise, muddle, mug, mulct, mummy, music stand, mute, mutilate, mystify, nail, nail down, neck, needle, never let go, never say die, nip, nonplus, not back down, not breathe, not give up, not stir, not submit, obtrude, overcharge, overhang, overprice, overtax, pack the deal, paddle, pandybat, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parchment, park, paste, pastoral staff, paterissa, peg, penetrate, perforate, perplex, persevere, persist, person, peyote, pierce, pigeon, pike, pin, pin down, pink, pitch pipe, place, plank, planking, plop, plunge, plunge in, plunk, plyboard, plywood, poke, poke out, pole, poniard, pose, posit, post, pot, practice fraud upon, press, prick, prod, profiteer, project, prop, protrude, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, pull up, punch, puncheon, puncture, purely, push, put, put up, put up with, puzzle, quarterstaff, quite, rabbet, ram, rattan, ream, ream out, reefer, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, remain, remain firm, remain motionless, rend, repose, rest, resting place, retain, rhythmometer, riddle, rigging, rip, rivet, roach, rob, rod, rook, root, ruler, run, run through, rupture, saber, saddle with, savage, scald, scam, scape, scarf, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, screw, scuff, seat, see it through, sell gold bricks, set, sew, shaft, shake, shave, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shill, shillelagh, shingle, shortchange, shoulder, shove, shrink from, shroud, sideboard, siding, sink, skewer, skin, slab, slash, slat, slit, snap, soak, softwood, solder, solidify, sonometer, spar, spear, spike, spine, spit, splat, sprain, sprit, sputter and stop, stab, stabilitate, stabilize, stack the cards, staff, stake, stalk, stall, stand, stand by, stand fast, stand firm, stand for, stand no nonsense, stand on, stand out, stand still, stand the gaff, stand up, standing rigging, staple, station, stave, stay, stay it out, stay put, stay the distance, stay with it, steady, stem, stick at, stick by, stick close, stick fast, stick it, stick it out, stick of wood, stick out, stick to, stick to it, stick together, stick up, stick up for, stick with it, stiffener, stiletto, sting, stitch, stop, stop dead, stop short, stovewood, strain, strengthener, strike root, strip, stumble, stump, submit, suffer, support, supporter, surcharge, sustain, sustainer, swagger stick, swanking stick, swindle, switch, sword, tack, take a dive, take exception to, take hold of, take no denial, take root, take up with, take what comes, tap, tape, tarry, tea, tear, the boondocks, the bush, the country, the sticks, thimblerig, three-by-four, throw, throw a fight, thrust, tie, timber, timbering, timberwork, toggle, tolerate, tone measurer, tongue, totally, totem pole, tough it out, tranquilizer, transfix, transpierce, traumatize, tread water, tree, trepan, trephine, tuning bar, tuning fork, tuning pipe, twig, two-by-four, unify, unite, upholder, urge, utterly, victimize, wait, walking stick, wand, weatherboard, wedge, weed, weigh down, weld, wholly, wire, wood, work together, wound, wrench, zipper

Pronunciation

• enPR: stĭk, IPA: /stɪk/, SAMPA: /stIk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”) < Old English sticca (“rod, twig”) < Proto-Germanic *stikkô < Proto-Indo-European *steig- or *stig- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”) < Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”) < Proto-Germanic *stikōnan (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”) < Proto-Indo-European *steig- or *stig- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).

Cognate to first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.

Translations

Noun

twig or small branch ^def. syn. </span>

Albanian: degë (sq) f. Arabic: غُصَيْن (ğuṣéin) m. Armenian: փայտ (hy) (p'ayt) Basque: makila (eu) Bulgarian: пръчка (bg) (prəčka) f. Czech: klacek (cs) m. Danish: pind (da) c., kvist (da) c. Dutch: tak (nl) m., takje (nl) n. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: kepp (et) Finnish: risu (fi), oksa (fi) Georgian: ტოტი (ka) (toti), წნელი (ka) (ts‘neli), წკეპლა (ka) (ts‘kepla) German: Stock (de) m. Greek: βέργα (el) f., κλαρί (el) (klarí) n. Hebrew: מַקֵל (makél) m. Hindi: छड़ी (hi) (chaṛī) Icelandic: prik (is) n. Indonesian: ranting (id) Irish: bata (ga) m., maide (ga) m., craobh (ga) f. (shoilire)

Italian: rametto (it) m. Japanese: 棒 (ja) (bō) Kurdish: چیلکه‌دار Latvian: žagars (lv) m. Lithuanian: lazda (lt) Macedonian: ластегарка (mk) (lastégarka) f. Mongolian: мѳчир (mn) (möčir) Norwegian: kvist (no) m. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: چوب (fa) (čub) Portuguese: graveto (pt) m. Romanian: nuia (ro) f., creangă (ro) f. Russian: прут (ru) (prut) m. Slovene: palica (sl) Spanish: ramita (es) f., astilla (es) f. Swahili: fimbo (sw) Swedish: kvist (sv) c., pinne (sv) c., gren (sv) c. Thai: แขนง (kàenong), กิ่ง (gìng) Vietnamese: thanh (vi)

long piece of wood ^def. </span>

Afrikaans: stok (af) Albanian: shkop (sq) m. Arabic: عَصًا (ʕáṣan) m., عُصِيّ (ʕúṣi) pl., عِصِيّ (ʕíṣi) pl., أعْصٍ (’áʕṣin) pl. Armenian: փայտ (hy) (p'ayt) Bulgarian: пръчка (bg) (prəčka) f. Chinese: 棍 (gùn) Danish: kæp (da) c., pind (da) c. Dutch: stok (nl) m. Finnish: keppi (fi), tikku (fi) French: bâton (fr) m. German: Stab (de) m. Greek: ραβδί (el) n., βέργα (el) f. Hebrew: מַקֵל (makél) m. Hungarian: bot (hu) Irish: bata (ga) m., maide (ga) m. Italian: bastone (it)

Japanese: 棒 (ja) (bō) Korean: 막대기 (makdaegi) Kurdish: دار (ku) Latvian: rīkste (lv) f. Macedonian: стап (mk) (stap) m., прачка (mk) (práčka) f. Malay: batang (ms) Malayalam: വടി (vati) Norwegian: kjepp (no) m. Portuguese: pau (pt) m., vara (pt) f. Romanian: băț (ro) m. Russian: палка (ru) (pálka) f. Sicilian: bastuni (scn) m. Spanish: palo (es) m. Swedish: käpp (sv) c., stav (sv) c., stör (sv) c. Tajik: чӯб (tg) (čūb) Turkish: çubuk (tr) Ukrainian: палиця (palýtsja) f.

cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc) ^def. </span>

Arabic: إصْبَع (’íṣbaʕ) m. Bulgarian: бастун (bg) (bastún) m. Danish: stav (da) c., stok (da) c., stang (da) c. Dutch: stok (nl) m. Finnish: puikko (fi), patukka (fi), tikku (fi), puikko (fi) German: Stock (de) m. Greek: ράβδος (rávthos) f. Hebrew: מַקֵל (makél) m.

Irish: bata (ga) m. Italian: barretta (it) f. Japanese: 棒 (ja) (bō), スティック (ja) (suthikku) Portuguese: bastão (pt) m. Spanish: barra (es) f. Swedish: stav (sv) c. Turkish: baston (tr)

cane or walking stick ^def. </span>

Arabic: عَصًا (ʕáṣan) m., عُصِيّ (ʕúṣi) pl., عِصِيّ (ʕíṣi) pl., أعْصٍ (’áʕṣin) pl. Armenian: ձեռնափայտ (hy) (jeṙnap'ayt) Bulgarian: бастун (bg) (bastún) m. Chamicuro: aki's̈ho Czech: hůl (cs) f. Danish: stok (da) c. Finnish: keppi (fi), kävelykeppi (fi) French: canne (fr) f. Greek: ραβδί (el) n., μπαστούνι (el) (bastoúni) n. Hungarian: bot (hu), pálca (hu) Indonesian: tongkat

Irish: bata (ga) m., maide (ga) m. Italian: bastone (it) Japanese: ステッキ  (ja) (sutékki), 杖 (ja) (tsue) Kurdish: گۆچان Macedonian: бастун (mk) (bástun) m. Norwegian: stokk (no) m. Portuguese: bengala (pt) f. Romanian: baston (ro) n. Russian: трость (ru) (trost’) f., посох (ru) (pósox) m., клюка (ru) (kl'uká) f. Spanish: bastón (es) m. Swedish: käpp (sv) c. Turkish: baston (tr)

hockey stick ^def. </span>

Czech: hůl (cs) f. Danish: stav (da) c. Finnish: jääkiekkomaila (fi), maila (fi) French: crosse (fr) f. Greek: μπαστούνι (el) (bastoúni) n. Irish: camán (ga) m., maide haca (ga) m.

Italian: stecca (it) f. Japanese: スティック (ja) (suthikku) Norwegian: hockeykølle (no) m. Russian: клюшка (ru) (kl'úška) f. Spanish: palo de hockey (es) m. Swedish: hockeyklubba (sv) c., klubba (sv) c.

gearstick, stickshift ^def. syn. </span>

Arabic: عَصًا (ʕáṣan) m., عُصِيّ (ʕúṣi) pl., عِصِيّ (ʕíṣi) pl., أعْصٍ (’áʕṣin) pl.; عُود (ʕūd) m., أعْوَاد (’aʕwād) pl.; عُكّاز (ʕukkāz) m., عُكّازَات (ʕukkazāt) pl., عَكَاكِيزُ (ʕakakīzu) pl.; ذِرَاع (ðirāʕ) m. Danish: gearstang (da) c. Finnish: vaihdekeppi (fi) Greek: μοχλός (el) m. Italian: asta (it) f., barra (it) f.

Japanese: マニュアル (ja) (manyuaru) Kurdish: گێڕ Macedonian: менувач (mk) (ménuvač) m. Norwegian: girspak (no) m. Portuguese: alavanca de câmbio (pt) Spanish: palanca de cambios (es) f.

chewing gum ^def. </span>

Finnish: pala (small rectangular), levy (long and thin) Italian: gomma (it) f.

Kurdish: بنێشت

control column of an aircraft ^def. </span>

Finnish: ohjaussauva (fi), sauva (fi) Greek: μοχλός (el) m. Italian: volante (it) m., barra di controllo (it)

Japanese: 操縦桿 (ja) (sōjyūkan) Spanish: palanca de mando (es) f.

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Mandarin: 棍子 (gùnzi) Serbo-Croatian: palica f. Dutch: twijg f. Italian: bastone m.

Korean: 막대기 (makdaegi), 지팡이 (jipang-i) Latin: baculum n., virga f., fustis m. Polish: patyk, pręt, pałka, laska (4) Serbo-Croatian: палица (palica) f. Slovak: palica f. Telugu: కర్ర (karra) Turkish: baston

Verb

to glue; to adhere (transitive)

Breton: pegañ Bulgarian: лепя (bg) (lepja) Catalan: enganxar (ca), apegar (ca) Chinese: 黐 (cmn) (chī), 貼 (cmn) (tiē) Dutch: kleven (nl) Finnish: liimata (fi) French: coller (fr) German: kleben (de) Hungarian: ragasztani (hu) Indonesian: menempel (id)

Japanese: 貼る (ja) (haru) Kurdish: نوساندن Portuguese: grudar (pt) Romanian: lipi (ro), agăța (ro) Russian: приклеивать (ru) (prikl'éivat’) impf., приклеить (ru) (prikl'éit’) pf. Spanish: pegar (es) Swahili: kijiti (sw) Swedish: fästa (sv) Volapük: kleibön (vo) !Xóõ: dtʻkxʻàba

to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)

Czech: lepit (cs), lepit se (cs) Dutch: kleven (nl) Finnish: tarttua (fi), kiinnittyä (fi) French: coller (fr) German: kleben (de) Hungarian: ragadni (hu) Macedonian: се залепува (mk) (se zalépuva), се прилепува (mk) (se prilépuva) Portuguese: colar (pt)

Russian: приклеиваться (ru) (prikl'éivat’s'a) impf., приклеиться (ru) (prikl'éit’s'a) pf.; прилипать (ru) (prilipát’) impf., прилипнуть (ru) (prilípnut’) pf. Spanish: pegarse (es) Swahili: kijiti (sw) Swedish: fastna (sv) Turkish: yapışmak (tr) Volapük: klebön (vo)

to jam

Bulgarian: заяждам (bg) (zajaždam) Dutch: blijven steken Finnish: juuttua, takertua French: coincer (fr) German: steckenbleiben, stocken Macedonian: заглавува (mk) (zaglávuva)

Portuguese: emperrar (pt) Russian: застревать (ru) (zastr'evát’) impf., застрять (ru) (zastr'át’) pf.; защемлять (ru) (zaš'eml'át’) impf., защемить (ru) (zaš'említ’) pf., заедать (ru) (zayedat') Spanish: atascarse (es) Swedish: fastna (sv)

to stick with — see stick with

to persist

Finnish: tarttua (fi) French: rester (fr)

Japanese: つきまとう (ja) (tsuki-matou) Swahili: kijiti (sw)

to remain loyal or firm

Bulgarian: запазвам се (zapazvam se) Dutch: neergooien (nl) Finnish: pysyä (fi), pitäytyä (fi), pitää kiinni (fi) German: dabeibleiben

Portuguese: ficar enfiado (pt) Spanish: permanecer (es) Swahili: kijiti (sw) Turkish: bağlı kalmak (tr)

to place

Bulgarian: мятам (bg) (mjatam) Dutch: stekken Finnish: laittaa (fi), panna (fi) French: ficher (fr) Japanese: 置く (ja) (oku)

Portuguese: enfiar (pt) Spanish: poner (es) Swahili: kijiti (sw) Swedish: ställ (sv), sätt (sv), placera (sv)

to press into

Finnish: pistää (fi) French: planter (fr) German: stecken (de), stechen (de) Japanese: 刺す (ja) (sásu) Kurdish: چه‌قاندن Macedonian: забодува (mk) (zabóduva)

Portuguese: cravar (pt) Romanian: înfige (ro) Russian: вкалывать (vkályvat’), втыкать (vtykát’) Spanish: clavar (es) Swahili: kijiti (sw) Turkish: batırmak (tr)

to perform (a landing) perfectly

Finnish: tehdä hyvä alastulo

Swahili: kijiti (sw)

to propagate plants by cuttings

Dutch: stekken (nl) Finnish: lisätä istukkaista

French: bouturer (fr) Swahili: kijiti (sw)

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Dutch: bijblijven, blijven hangen

Kurdish: مانان Portuguese: ficar enfiado (pt) Spanish: seguir de cerca (es)

See also

See also

stick in one's craw stick one's neck out stick one's oar in stick out like a sore thumb

stick-sling stick to one's guns stick-up stick up for stuck up

Anagrams

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Noun

Stick n.

1. a sting; a bite from an insect
2. (card games) a trick

Declension

Declension of Stick

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Stick	Sticket	Stick	Sticken
genitive	Sticks	Stickets	Sticks	Stickens

Verb

Stick

1. imperative of sticka.

Pronunciation

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