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stick en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick From Middle English sticke, stik, stikke (“branch, twig; kindling; mast; pale; stick, stylus”), from Old English sticca (“stick; peg; beam, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“pole, stick”), from *stikkōną (“to fix, stick”), from *stikaną (“to stick; to stab”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch stek (“home, spot; cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant”), German Stecken (“stick”), Vilamovian śtakia (“stick”); also Cornish wosa (“after”), Welsh wedi (“past (time); after”), Latin instigo (“to stimulate”), Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō, “to tattoo; to mark; to punctuate”), Central Kurdish تێژ (têj), تیژ (tîj, “sharp; hot, spicy”), Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (“sharp; hot, spicy; severe”), Ossetian цыхт (cyxt, “cheese”), Persian تیز (tēz / tiz, “sharp; pungent; shrill; piercing; penetrating; nimble, swift; smart”), Sanskrit तेज॑ते (téjate, “to be or become sharp; to activate, energize”). Related to stigma.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
   • The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
   • Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
2. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
   • What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.
   • I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
   • It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long. 1887 August 23, “At Work on the Thistle”, in The New York Times:
3. (US, countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
   • I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
4. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
   • The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
5. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
   • As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
6. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
   • When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks. 1997, Joseph Beals, “Building Interior Doors”, in Doors, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 82:
7. (countable, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
   • We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
   • It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little sticks of furniture. 1862, W.M. Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip, printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine volume XXV edition, page 242:
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. ▸ A bar (counter where drinks are served).
   • […] other side of the stick, that's what they call the bar around here. 1946, The Ladies' Home Journal, volume 63, page 205:
   • I've been working behind the stick for twenty years.
10. (countable, uncountable) Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
    • Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
11. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. ▸ A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
    • The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
12. (countable, uncountable) Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. ▸ A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
    • Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!
13. (countable, slang, uncountable) Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. ▸ A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
    • Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.
14. (countable, uncountable) Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. ▸ A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
    • My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
15. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. ▸ A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
    • Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it[…] 1611, The Bible, King James Version edition, Ezekiel 37:16:
16. (countable, uncountable) Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. ▸ The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
    • A stick of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses. 2006, Farley Mowat, Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World, →ISBN, page 200:
    • Scores of transport planes streamed in to drop stick after stick of containers until the entire sky over the coast was polka-dotted with brightly coloured parachutes. 2001, Raymond Mitchell, Commando Despatch Rider, →ISBN, page 70:
    • James and I were in the same stick of five guys going through free fall school last September. 2006, Holly Aho, From Here to There, →ISBN, page 48:
17. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
    • I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn't.
18. (US, colloquial, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission. ▸ Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
    • I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
19. (countable, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
20. (uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
    • For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip. 1941, Jay D. Blaufox, 33 Lessons in Flying, page 47:
21. (US, World-War-I, countable, slang, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ An aircraft’s propeller.
22. (countable, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A joystick.
    • The keyboard offers a full range of actions including Fight and you are given the option of using a Kempston stick for the movement combat. 1985 December, Richard Price, Fairlight (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 45
    • When you’re swooping, looping, and diving with the analog stick (either using the nunchuk or the Classic controller), the game feels very much like its 32-bit predecessor; […] 2007 December 14, Chris Hoffman, “Neverending Nights”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 30:
23. (countable, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A memory stick.
    • For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images. 2007 May 1, Alex Fethiere, “Business Traveler”, in Tech front: Alex Fethiere takes eleven notable portables for a high-tech test-drive:
24. (countable, slang, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A handgun.
    • A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye. 2007 September 18, “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya”, in Joseph B. Geoghegan (lyrics), The Meanest of Times, performed by Dropkick Murphys:
    • Bitch, pig, pull out with the stick / everything I hit like a lick/ We don’t miss 2018 July 27, “Strip Talk”, Marty Mula (lyrics), 1:52:
    • You think you’re real now you’ve got a couple sticks? My favourite younger, he got stabbed in my bits. And if he died fam, I promise I’d have quit. 2013 April 8, “Off the Record”, in Topic of Discussion, performed by Yungen:
25. (countable, dated, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
    • […]although the headings may often be in other type, still, as these are composed in the same stick, they cannot fail to justify;[…] 1854, Thomas Ford, The Compositor's Handbook, page 125:
26. (countable, qualifier:jazz, slang, uncountable) A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. ▸ The clarinet.
    • Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that stick, man? 1948, Frederic Ramsey, Jr., “Deep Sea Rider”, in Charles Harvey, editor, Jazz Parody: Anthology of Jazz Fiction:
27. (countable, qualifier:generically, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
    • Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.
28. (countable, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ The short whip carried by a jockey.
29. (countable, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
30. (countable, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
    • His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.
31. (US, slang, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
    • His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.
32. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A stick-like item: ▸ The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc. ▸ The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
    • Come in, have a good time, drink some beer, shoot some stick, listen to some music. 2003, Lew Bryson, New York Breweries, →ISBN, page 74:
    • He shoots a mean stick of pool.
33. (countable, uncountable) Ability; specifically: ▸ The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
    • I doubted that the three iron was enough stick. 1988, William Hallberg, The Rub of the Green, page 219:
34. (countable, uncountable) Ability; specifically: ▸ The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
35. (countable, uncountable) Ability; specifically: ▸ General hitting ability.
    • Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win. 2002 May 19, Mike Lupica, “Just Need A Little Mo”, in New York Daily News:
36. (countable, qualifier:field hockey or ice hockey, uncountable) Ability; specifically: ▸ The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
37. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
    • “[…]He’s a good doctor but an odd stick—odder by far than I am, Emily, and yet nobody ever says he’s not all there. Can you account for that? He doesn’t believe in God—and I am not such a fool as that.” 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon:
    • Your father's a great old stick. He's really been very good to me. 1967, Maurice Shadbolt, The Presence of Music: Three Novellas, page 54:
38. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
    • "She's a stick, this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment." 1967, Cecelia Holland, Rakóssy, page 39:
39. (countable, dated, qualifier:magic, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ An assistant planted in the audience.
    • The kid was a stick, a plant, a student from UNLV who picked up a few bucks nightly by saying the words "seven of hearts." 2001, Paul Quarrington, The Spirit Cabinet, page 255:
40. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ A shill or house player.
    • A shill is also called a stick, and the role of the shill or stick is to make the customer relax and feel at ease. 2011, Howard Fast, Helen:
41. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ A stiff, stupidly obstinate person.
42. (countable, dated, from joystick, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ A fighter pilot.
    • Bill Kirk, described by Robin as a "hell of a stick," didn't even attend college until after the Vietnam War. 2001, John Darrell Sherwood, Fast Movers: America's Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience, page 30:
43. (South-Africa, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) ▸ A small group of (infantry) soldiers.
    • I remember when we dreaded the rain, as our stick of soldiers walked through the damp, tick-infested long grass of the Zambezi valley,[…] 2007, Bart Wolffe, Persona Non Grata, →ISBN, page 245:
44. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. ▸ A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
    • We were tempted with the carrot but subtly threatened with the stick.
    • What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a stick to dissuade people from writing or talking about them? 1998 January 23, “Judicial activism has ushered in hope”, in Indian Express:
    • Back in 2009, when Democrats tried but failed to take significant climate action, their policy proposals consisted mainly of sticks—limits on emissions in the form of permits that businesses could buy and sell. 2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times:
45. (slang, uncountable) Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. ▸ Corporal punishment, beatings
    • The child killers got some stick. I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer. 1999, Eve McDougall, A Wicked Fist, →ISBN, page 69:
    • “[…] Nigel used the word ‘invasion’ for a long time and got a huge amount of stick […]” he says, referring to the total number of men, women and children who have arrived by small boat in the past seven years. 2025 August 2, Anna Gross, quoting Zia Yusuf, “Lunch with the FT: Zia Yusuf”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
46. (UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. ▸ Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
    • Most people can remember their first taste of cider: sandwiched between an illicit fag and a bout of throwing up. It’s always been the teen drink of choice: available in group-sized bottles and with a more acceptably fruity taste than beer. It is also the down-and-out’s favourite tipple because it’s stronger than many bitters and lagers, so it’s a cheap way to get wasted. As a consequence, it has never been the hippest of drinks. As a devotee, I’ve come in for some stick over the years. 2006 April 13, Annabelle Thorpe, “Student tipple comes of age”, in The Times:
    • I got some stick personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots. 2008 May 3, Chris Roberts, “It’s a stroll in the park!”, in Huddersfield Daily Examiner:
    • Again Rwanda chose to follow a different path, reflecting the unique historical and political context of the country, and dispensed with the sermons on democracy from outsiders. So Rwandans get a lot of stick for being big-headed and refusing to follow a path chosen for them, but striking out independently. They get hit for insisting on being the principal actors in making choices about matters that concern them. 2017 July 27, Joseph Rwagatare, “Why Rwandans get a lot of stick for doing right”, in The New Times:
    • 'I have nothing against the players at Cardiff, because they did all help me to become a better player.' He added: 'I'll probably have a lot of stick when I return to Ninian Park for that game, but I did was the best I could for Cardiff and the supporters. I've just got to get on with it and try to do a job for Birmingham City - this is now my future and my new employer.' 2013 March 30, Hannah Finch, “I expect I'll get a lot of stick - Jerome”, in WalesOnline:
47. (countable, slang, uncountable) Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. ▸ Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
    • Give it some stick!
    • He really gave that digging some stick.
    • 'Choir gave it some stick on "Unto Us a Son is Born."' ¶ Cynthia nodded. ¶ 'It was always one of Russell's favourites. He makes them try hard on that.' 1979, Don Bannister, Sam Chard, →ISBN, page 185:
    • She really gave that bully some stick.
48. (countable, slang, uncountable) Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. ▸ Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
    • Skunk really gave it some stick all the way to Caliban's place, we passed a good few Coppers but they all seemed to turn the blind eye. 2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red, →ISBN, page 163:
49. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A measure. ▸ An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
    • There was another speech in that day's news — a speech which The Times printed on the front page because it was part of a front-page story, and in full — it was only two sticks long; printed in full just after the much longer invocation by the officiating clergyman […] 1921, Elmer Davis, History of the New York Times, 1851-1921, page 61:
50. (archaic, countable, rare, uncountable) A measure. ▸ A quantity of eels, usually 25.
    • In the same charter, Nigel granted another 10 sticks of eels yielded by the fishery of Polwere to the abbey[…] 1999, Claire Breay, The Cartulary of Chatteris Abbey, →ISBN, page 62:
    • The stick is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five. 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, →ISBN, Volume 1, page 171:
51. (countable, uncountable) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.

Forms

Coordinates

carrot

Deriveds

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Christ on a popsicle stick · cut one's stick · one can't break sticks in a bundle · goad stick · splash stick · pica stick · short end of the stick · stickwork · tar with the same stick · pick-up sticks · up sticks · yamstick · chamberstick · sticksman · idiot stick · mopstick · puffy sticks · shit end of the stick · nigger stick · musk stick · shit stick · inkstick · flower sticks · shift stick · thumbstick · stick-and-poke · pushstick · beer stick · riddle stick · Thai stick · musicstick · wrong end of the stick · big stick · porridge-stick · composing stick · sidestick · croupier's stick · holy crap on a stick · shooting stick · Chapman stick · stick bug · French stick · fuckstick · stick deodorant · joss stick · high-sticking · spitstick · shitsticks · chewstick · stickman · stickhandler · USB stick · billystick · death stick · peppermint stick · tea stick · propstick · bougar-stick · stick up one's butt · coup stick · satay stick · sniff stick · old stick · mozzarella stick · stick fight · pointing stick · play stick · fighting stick · stick-nest rat · stick of gum · devil sticks · mop-stick · there are two ends to every stick · stick in the mud · one cannot break a stick in a bundle · flax-stick · Billy Wigglestick · locust stick · bug-on-a-stick · headstick · orange stick · stickfighter · Sabbath stick · shake a stick at · message stick · foot stick · trench stick · drumstick · stick to one's last · dressing stick · fingerstick · fish stick · one can't break a stick in a bundle · bully stick · stinky stick · cinnamon stick · Tommy Stick · floatstick · stick letter · you can't break a stick in a bundle · stickwoman · goon stick · up the stick · snap stick · button stick · monkey on a stick · carrot-and-stick · Biltmore stick · sticklac · gutter stick · mouthstick · Twix · fiddlestick · stick shaker · shimmer stick · nightstick · thunderstick · folding stick · folding-stick · chapstick · swordstick · mint stick · dead stick

Descendants

스틱 · tiki · estic · stick · estique · stique

Holonyms

arrow · fence · lattice · weapon · tool

Hyponyms

spoke · column · bergstock · axle · pin · flagpole · stilt · banister · flagstaff · leg · staff · truncheon · needle · match · spindle · skewer · sprit · stile · highlighter · beam · rung · Penang lawyer · crossbar · walking stick · plank · trunk · wand · stake · knitting needle · bar · stanchion · dowel · stalk · newel · pillar · goal post · shank · pen · jamb · pencil · club · bludgeon · bolt · pole · joist · nail · shaft · post · cane · hockey stick · mast · alpenstock · stave · yard · girder · gaff · stud · chopstick · screw · lever · spar · marker · baluster · rod · cudgel · baton · drumstick · yardstick · spike · toothpick

Relateds

tree · bone · tube · handle · string · sceptre

Synonyms

shill · branch · rice · joint · cane · stickshift · flagstick · train · broach · item · stich · brush · stickshift · twig · pin · twig · two by four · gearstick · liquorice stick · reefer · walking stick · licorice stick · piece · stick · gearstick · kindling · plant

Translations (494)

ru клю́шка (hockey stick) · ja 棒 (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · fi kävelykeppi (cane or walking stick) · pt graveto (twig or small branch) · sk trstina (cane or walking stick) · ota دكنك (cane or walking stick) · om ulee (long piece of wood) · pt galho (twig or small branch) · da stav (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ang sticca (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ko 막대기 (long piece of wood) · cs tyč (long piece of wood) · non kvistr (twig or small branch) · uk кий (cane or walking stick) · ta குச்சி (twig or small branch) · ka წნელი (twig or small branch) · hi लाठी (long piece of wood) · ru трость (cane or walking stick) · ga camán (hockey stick) · alt чыбык (twig or small branch) · be трысьці́на (cane or walking stick) · prs چوب (twig or small branch) · ro băț (long piece of wood) · nl tak (twig or small branch) · ta தடி (cane or walking stick) · aln krane (twig or small branch) · tyv будук (twig or small branch) · syl ꠟꠣꠑꠤ (long piece of wood) · ga bata (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · pt vara (long piece of wood) · pt stique (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · sh па̏лица (long piece of wood) · tk çöp (long piece of wood) · de Stock (twig or small branch) · sv gren (twig or small branch) · uk па́лиця (cane or walking stick) · fi keppi (long piece of wood) · ja マニュアル (gearstick, stickshift) · ar عُصِيّ (gearstick, stickshift) · alt тайак (long piece of wood) · ta உருள் (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · hi डंडी (long piece of wood) · alt агаш (long piece of wood) · lo ຕະບອງ (long piece of wood) · fr bâton (twig or small branch) · hu sebváltó (gearstick, stickshift) · he ידני (gearstick, stickshift) · ja 枝 (twig or small branch) · sv pinne (twig or small branch) · non keppr (long piece of wood) · as লাঠী (long piece of wood) · it volante (control column of an aircraft) · sl palica (long piece of wood) · zu intonga (long piece of wood) · cs tyčinka (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · uk прут (twig or small branch) · eo bastono (twig or small branch) · de Hockeyschläger (hockey stick) · su régang (twig or small branch) · orv палица (long piece of wood) · hu bot (long piece of wood) · de Ast (twig or small branch) · ga maide (twig or small branch) · ota دكنك (long piece of wood) · hu kézi sebváltó (gearstick, stickshift) · as টাঙোন (long piece of wood) · el ράβδος (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · pl kij (hockey stick) · cy ffon (long piece of wood) · zea takkelienge (twig or small branch) · fr crosse (hockey stick) · kmr metreq (long piece of wood) · ang sticca (long piece of wood) · ga maide (cane or walking stick) · da pind (long piece of wood) · fr canne (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · mr काठी (long piece of wood) · cs hokejka (hockey stick) · zea stok (long piece of wood) · tr şerit sakız (chewing gum) · nb kvist (twig or small branch) · el βέργα (long piece of wood) · vi nhánh (twig or small branch) · hu darab (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · zza çuwe (diq) (twig or small branch) · zza rewt (long piece of wood) · cs hůl (cane or walking stick) · ca estic (hockey stick) · afb عصاية (long piece of wood) · fi vaihdekeppi (gearstick, stickshift) · te కర్ర (long piece of wood) · eu makila (twig or small branch) · ur چَھڑی (twig or small branch) · km ឈើកូត (twig or small branch) · de Kaugummistreifen (chewing gum) · ms kayu (twig or small branch) · be клю́шка (hockey stick) · mk бастун (cane or walking stick) · es bastón (cane or walking stick) · pl kij (long piece of wood) · nn kvist (twig or small branch) · he מַקֵל (twig or small branch) · sv käpp (cane or walking stick) · ga bata (cane or walking stick) · rue паліця (long piece of wood) · hu pálca (cane or walking stick) · be па́лка (long piece of wood) · yi שטעקן (long piece of wood) · ja 棒 (long piece of wood) · tg чӯб (long piece of wood) · mr काठी (twig or small branch) · cs kostka (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · kea barapó (long piece of wood) · sh pȁlica (long piece of wood) · it stecca (hockey stick) · zza çuwe (diq) (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · es astilla (twig or small branch) · bg лост (gearstick, stickshift) · ml വടി (long piece of wood) · eo bastono (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · pt bengala (cane or walking stick) · nb stokk (cane or walking stick) · be по́сах (cane or walking stick) · tr kontrol kolu (control column of an aircraft) · da stok (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · nl stok (twig or small branch) · ca garrot (long piece of wood) · da kvist (twig or small branch) · ce ӏаса (long piece of wood) · la rudis (twig or small branch) · vi cành (twig or small branch) · uk трости́на (cane or walking stick) · ka ტოტი (twig or small branch) · he מַקֵל (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · nn girspak (gearstick, stickshift) · ja 枝 (long piece of wood) · cic itti' (long piece of wood) · tr çomak (cane or walking stick) · fi oksa (twig or small branch) · uk па́лиця (long piece of wood) · it bastone (long piece of wood) · de Stecken (long piece of wood) · cu кꙑи (long piece of wood) · ko 지팡이 (cane or walking stick) · ckb بنێشت (chewing gum) · da kæp (long piece of wood) · uk па́лка (long piece of wood) · ota عصا (cane or walking stick) · bo ཡལ་ག (twig or small branch) · id tongkat (long piece of wood) · de Schaltknauf (gearstick, stickshift) · pt estique (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · sq shkop (cane or walking stick) · yi שטעקל (long piece of wood) · de Zweig (twig or small branch) · hu faág (twig or small branch) · cic itti' (twig or small branch) · ko 막대 (long piece of wood) · id ranting (twig or small branch) · da pind (twig or small branch) · ro lamă (chewing gum) · ba сыбыҡ (twig or small branch) · ta தண்டு (long piece of wood) · zdj mkongodjo (cane or walking stick) · ka წკეპლა (twig or small branch) · ba таяҡ (cane or walking stick) · de Wählhebel (gearstick, stickshift) · tr baston (cane or walking stick) · sk palica (long piece of wood) · fa-ira چوبَک (long piece of wood) · es palanca de cambios (gearstick, stickshift) · kmr şiv (long piece of wood) · uk по́сох (cane or walking stick) · sk knipel (control column of an aircraft) · cmn 棒 (long piece of wood) · fr bâton (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · av хьоп (twig or small branch) · el μοχλός (gearstick, stickshift) · fa-ira چوب (twig or small branch) · ru па́лка (cane or walking stick) · el ραβδί (long piece of wood) · afb عصاية (cane or walking stick) · de Schaltknüppel (gearstick, stickshift) · pl laska (cane or walking stick) · ba таяҡ (hockey stick) · pl pałka (long piece of wood) · bn কাঠি (twig or small branch) · km អង្កត់ (twig or small branch) · lt lazda (long piece of wood) · fi risu (twig or small branch) · da stav (hockey stick) · zza çuwey hokeyi (hockey stick) · th แขนง (twig or small branch) · ja 操縦桿 (control column of an aircraft) · fi keppi (cane or walking stick) · mn мөчир (twig or small branch) · ru рыча́г (gearstick, stickshift) · cs klacek (twig or small branch) · tl kahoy (twig or small branch) · ro crosă (hockey stick) · uz tayoq (long piece of wood) · tr sopa (twig or small branch) · tr vites (gearstick, stickshift) · cmn 手杖 (cane or walking stick) · kk таяқ (cane or walking stick) · nl takje (twig or small branch) · uk кий (long piece of wood) · es palo de hockey (hockey stick) · ta கம்பு (long piece of wood) · kmr çogan (long piece of wood) · pox stok (twig or small branch) · sv hockeyklubba (hockey stick) · sv kvist (twig or small branch) · ro gumă (chewing gum) · mrw osok (long piece of wood) · kmr ço (long piece of wood) · sw fimbo (twig or small branch) · ar عِصِيّ (gearstick, stickshift) · ka ჯოხი (twig or small branch) · et kepp (twig or small branch) · lt pagalys (twig or small branch) · az çubuq (long piece of wood) · da stok (cane or walking stick) · bg калъ́п (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · th ดุ้น (long piece of wood) · ja スティック (chewing gum) · zdj ɓakwera (cane or walking stick) · he מַקֵּל (long piece of wood) · ccc aki's̈ho (cane or walking stick) · el κλαρί (twig or small branch) · tr baston (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · nn hockeykølle (hockey stick) · sv käpp (long piece of wood) · hi छड़ी (twig or small branch) · mr काठी (cane or walking stick) · ja 小枝 (twig or small branch) · tr çubuk (long piece of wood) · sip ལྕུག་ཕྲན (twig or small branch) · de Stock (long piece of wood) · sh pȁlica (twig or small branch) · it gomma (chewing gum) · be кій (long piece of wood) · nl stok (long piece of wood) · ga bata (long piece of wood) · cs hůl (hockey stick) · ga maide (long piece of wood) · fi patukka (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · gsw Stock (twig or small branch) · de Schalthebel (gearstick, stickshift) · hy փայտ (twig or small branch) · zdj mɓuɗa (long piece of wood) · bg стик (hockey stick) · la bastum (long piece of wood) · hy փայտ (long piece of wood) · cy brigyn (twig or small branch) · ja 杖 (cane or walking stick) · el μπαστούνι (hockey stick) · lt lazdà (cane or walking stick) · pl kostur (cane or walking stick) · ckb چیلکەدار (twig or small branch) · mk ме́нувач (gearstick, stickshift) · hu sebességváltó (gearstick, stickshift) · fi ohjaussauva (control column of an aircraft) · mk ластегарка (twig or small branch) · sl palica (twig or small branch) · ar عَصًا (cane or walking stick) · pt marcha (gearstick, stickshift) · es pal (long piece of wood) · cs řadicí páka (gearstick, stickshift) · lo ຄ້ອນ (long piece of wood) · gl xostra (twig or small branch) · ru па́лка (long piece of wood) · ja スティック (hockey stick) · hy ձեռնափայտ (cane or walking stick) · os уис (twig or small branch) · mk прачка (long piece of wood) · hu rúd (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · be ля́ска (cane or walking stick) · es tortor (long piece of wood) · ru по́сох (cane or walking stick) · ro creangă (twig or small branch) · zu induku (twig or small branch) · fi puikko (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · kk таяқ (long piece of wood) · cmn 棍 (long piece of wood) · tr değnek (cane or walking stick) · as লাখুটি (long piece of wood) · yxg bagooroo (twig or small branch) · de Stab (long piece of wood) · hu bot (cane or walking stick) · dng гун (long piece of wood) · mrc 'ii (long piece of wood) · nb kjepp (long piece of wood) · bg басту́н (cane or walking stick) · lt lazda (twig or small branch) · hi डंडी (hockey stick) · bo ལྕུག་ཕྲན (twig or small branch) · fr canne (long piece of wood) · ja 棒 (chewing gum) · bo རྒྱུག་པ (twig or small branch) · nb girspak (gearstick, stickshift) · hu gally (twig or small branch) · hu botváltó (gearstick, stickshift) · is prik (twig or small branch) · ro baston (cane or walking stick) · it barra (gearstick, stickshift) · de Stock (cane or walking stick) · el βέργα (twig or small branch) · zu uthi class 11/10 (twig or small branch) · kmr çomax (long piece of wood) · csm čikil·a- (twig or small branch) · ckb دار (long piece of wood) · ms tongkat (long piece of wood) · bn লাঠি (long piece of wood) · ar غُصَيْن (twig or small branch) · es barra (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · fi sauva (control column of an aircraft) · zu uthi class 11/10 (long piece of wood) · it asta (gearstick, stickshift) · es palanca de mando (control column of an aircraft) · wao hól (twig or small branch) · cmn 枝 (twig or small branch) · bn কাঠি (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · de Ganghebel (gearstick, stickshift) · zea tak (twig or small branch) · ru ру́чка (gearstick, stickshift) · he מַקֵל (cane or walking stick) · ja スティック (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · sv stav (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · mk стап (long piece of wood) · dsb kij (twig or small branch) · kmr gopal (long piece of wood) · cs palice (long piece of wood) · yue 棍 (long piece of wood) · it barretta (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · el μοχλός (control column of an aircraft) · it cambio (gearstick, stickshift) · zza suvur (twig or small branch) · dng бон (long piece of wood) · sh štȃp (twig or small branch) · ur چَھڑی (long piece of wood) · kk сойыл (long piece of wood) · as কাঠী (twig or small branch) · pl drążek (gearstick, stickshift) · da stang (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ro baton (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ca vara (cane or walking stick) · nn stokk (cane or walking stick) · vi gậy (long piece of wood) · hu hokiütő (hockey stick) · pt estique (hockey stick) · fi levy (chewing gum) · ka ჯოხი (long piece of wood) · km ដំបង (long piece of wood) · ca bastó (cane or walking stick) · pl sterownica (control column of an aircraft) · syl ꠛꠣꠠꠤ (long piece of wood) · de Knüppel (long piece of wood) · ca bastó (long piece of wood) · sv stav (long piece of wood) · sq shkop (long piece of wood) · cs váleček (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ca barra (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ru клюка́ (cane or walking stick) · be трысці́на (cane or walking stick) · kk шыбық (twig or small branch) · yi שטעקן (twig or small branch) · cmn 操縱桿 /操纵杆 (control column of an aircraft) · ota عصا (long piece of wood) · sh па̏лица (twig or small branch) · orv кꙑи (long piece of wood) · th กิ่ง (twig or small branch) · nn kjepp (long piece of wood) · es mástel (long piece of wood) · la baculum (long piece of wood) · ang sticca (twig or small branch) · uk клю́чка (hockey stick) · csb czij (long piece of wood) · fi tikku (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · fr canne (cane or walking stick) · ar إِصْبَع (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · lv rīkste (long piece of wood) · ckb گێڕ (gearstick, stickshift) · ka ლარტყა (long piece of wood) · ro nuia (twig or small branch) · tr çubuk (twig or small branch) · ky таяк (long piece of wood) · af stok (long piece of wood) · pl gałązka (twig or small branch) · acw عَصاية (long piece of wood) · uk па́личка (cane or walking stick) · bal دار (twig or small branch) · hi छड़ी (long piece of wood) · ms batang (long piece of wood) · orv палъка (long piece of wood) · ga craobh (shoilire) (twig or small branch) · it barra di controllo (control column of an aircraft) · fi tikku (long piece of wood) · fi jääkiekkomaila (hockey stick) · jra gai (twig or small branch) · de Stock (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · bg съ́чка (twig or small branch) · as বাৰি (long piece of wood) · it bastone (cane or walking stick) · ab алаба (twig or small branch) · el μπαστούνι (cane or walking stick) · eo bastono (long piece of wood) · ko 나뭇가지 (twig or small branch) · pl wolant (control column of an aircraft) · fa-ira چوب (long piece of wood) · hi डंडा (hockey stick) · mh aļaļ (twig or small branch) · be кій (cane or walking stick) · ka თამასა (long piece of wood) · lt šakà (twig or small branch) · tr kol (gearstick, stickshift) · lt šakẽlė (twig or small branch) · ja シフトレバー (gearstick, stickshift) · kk асатаяқ (long piece of wood) · es ramita (twig or small branch) · tk taýak (long piece of wood) · hu vessző (twig or small branch) · tr asa (cane or walking stick) · hu ág (twig or small branch) · my တုတ် (long piece of wood) · tr kol (control column of an aircraft) · hi शलाका (long piece of wood) · pt alavanca (gearstick, stickshift) · es palo (long piece of wood) · cmn 棍子 (long piece of wood) · sv klubba (hockey stick) · lv žagars (twig or small branch) · ba таяҡ (long piece of wood) · tr hokey sopası (hockey stick) · ckb گۆچان (cane or walking stick) · is stafur (long piece of wood) · ro schimbător de viteze (gearstick, stickshift) · mn мод (long piece of wood) · zza çalık (twig or small branch) · la caduceus (cane or walking stick) · lut qʷəłayʔ (twig or small branch) · ta தடி (long piece of wood) · sv stör (long piece of wood) · sq degë (twig or small branch) · pl patyk (twig or small branch) · mh aļaļ (long piece of wood) · bg па́лка (long piece of wood) · cmn 拐杖 (cane or walking stick) · fi maila (hockey stick) · hi काठी (cane or walking stick) · id tongkat (cane or walking stick) · tt таяк (long piece of wood) · ia rametto (twig or small branch) · scn bastuni (long piece of wood) · cs tyč (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · pt stique (hockey stick) · cs hůl (long piece of wood) · cu палица (long piece of wood) · el ραβδί (cane or walking stick) · id batang (long piece of wood) · nl stok (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) · ga bata (twig or small branch) · la virga (twig or small branch) · ja ステッキ (cane or walking stick) · de Gehstock (cane or walking stick) · nb hockeykølle (hockey stick) · tr vites kolu (gearstick, stickshift) · pl kij (cane or walking stick) · pt pau (long piece of wood) · zu intonga (twig or small branch) · it rametto (twig or small branch) · es tortol (long piece of wood) · uk ціпо́к (cane or walking stick) · ga maide haca (hockey stick) · ht baton (twig or small branch) · da gearstang (gearstick, stickshift) · mh aļaļ (cane or walking stick) · ru прут (twig or small branch) · hi डंडा (long piece of wood) · hu kézi sebességváltó (gearstick, stickshift) · vo staf (long piece of wood) · so ul (twig or small branch) · zu induku (long piece of wood) · ar عَصًا (long piece of wood) · inh ӏаса (long piece of wood) · hi छड़ी (hockey stick) · be па́лка (cane or walking stick) · tr dayak (long piece of wood) · ug تاياق (long piece of wood) · fi pala (chewing gum) · la baculum (cane or walking stick) · pt aléu (hockey stick) · bg пръ́чка (long piece of wood) · sh шта̑п (twig or small branch)

stick en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick From Middle English sticke, stik, stikke (“branch, twig; kindling; mast; pale; stick, stylus”), from Old English sticca (“stick; peg; beam, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“pole, stick”), from *stikkōną (“to fix, stick”), from *stikaną (“to stick; to stab”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch stek (“home, spot; cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant”), German Stecken (“stick”), Vilamovian śtakia (“stick”); also Cornish wosa (“after”), Welsh wedi (“past (time); after”), Latin instigo (“to stimulate”), Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō, “to tattoo; to mark; to punctuate”), Central Kurdish تێژ (têj), تیژ (tîj, “sharp; hot, spicy”), Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (“sharp; hot, spicy; severe”), Ossetian цыхт (cyxt, “cheese”), Persian تیز (tēz / tiz, “sharp; pungent; shrill; piercing; penetrating; nimble, swift; smart”), Sanskrit तेज॑ते (téjate, “to be or become sharp; to activate, energize”). Related to stigma.

Meanings

1. To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
2. (dated, slang, transitive) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
   • to stick type
3. (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
4. To hit with a stick.

Forms

stick en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn Old English stician Middle English stiken English stick From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka. Cognate with the 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.

Meanings

1. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
   • A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
   • A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.

Forms

Deriveds

nonstick · stick plaster · stick note · non-stick

stick en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn Old English stician Middle English stiken English stick From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka. Cognate with the 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.

Meanings

1. (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab; an instance of sticking (pricking or piercing).
   • What if Veronica Prego was lying about who drew the blood and it was her own carelessness, not Joyce Fogel's, which caused the needle stick? 1990 April 21, Michael Bronski, “Innocent Victims”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
   • […]; but let me tell you, my brave boy, that a stick with a sword hurts worse than a prick with a needle. 1902, Luise Mühlbach, The merchant of Berlin, page 69:
2. (countable, in particular, uncountable) An instance of piercing someone with a needle, e.g. to draw blood or start an IV.
   • […] hoping to get an easy stick. Well, that partially worked. She got the needle in the correct vein on the second stick. Ouch, ouch! 2024, Hope Is All I Have: Defying the Odds of Cancer, William Douglas:
   • Most phlebotomists (those who do the actual venipuncture) seldom acknowledge a bad stick in front of a donor, especially if the donor is inexperienced and the vein is not a particularly trick one to reach. Rather than admit to blowing an easy stick, the phlebotomist may say or do things to indicate that nothing is wrong or may even place the blame on someone else, usually the donor. 1987, Joseph A. Kotarba, Andrea Fontana, The Existential Self in Society, page 145:
   • Also, for outpatient procedures, placing a central line (due to a difficult stick) because you don't want to place an IV in the foot may be overkill, and cumbersome for ambulating patients. Bringing in the "big guns”: You may need to use an ultrasound machine when you anticipate a difficult stick […] 2012, Christopher Gallagher, Steven Ginsberg, Michael Lewis, Anesthesia Unplugged, Second Edition, page 5:
3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A person whom one is piercing with a needle to draw blood or start an IV (especially in the context of how difficult or easy this is).
   • I was called to start an IV on a “difficult stick.” (Notice the term we so commonly use to describe a human being who is difficult to hook up to an IV.) 2009, Orlando Jay Perez, The Patient Experience, page 32:
   • […] the patient is a 'difficult stick' (that is, difficult to draw blood from) and as such will likely have to endure multiple painful attempts beyond the first blood draw, to obtain the culture; […] 2017, Robert L. Wears, Erik Hollnagel, Resilient Health Care, Volume 2:
   • She put the tourniquet on Bella's arm […] Bella wasn't going to be an easy stick. 2024, Harlequin Medical Romance September 2024, Box Set 2 of 2 (Janice Lynn, Luana DaRosa, Charlotte Hawkes)
4. (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
5. (countable, uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness. ▸ The traction of tires on the road surface.
6. (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
7. (countable, uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface). ▸ The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
   • Problem: A lot of stick and a lack of energy on the forward stroke. 2004, Simon Gawesworth, Spey Casting, →ISBN, page 47:
8. (countable, informal, rare) One who sticks at something; one who persists.
   • There had been a reference to the language. "I often wished that I was a better stick at it," said Tulloch. "I'd picked up a bit in Bombay and of course I threw myself into it when Fraser got me the post. […]" 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

stick-slip · stickproof · antistick · stick clip

Holonyms

arrow · fence · lattice · weapon · tool

Hyponyms

spoke · column · bergstock · axle · pin · flagpole · stilt · banister · flagstaff · leg · staff · truncheon · needle · match · spindle · skewer · sprit · stile · highlighter · beam · rung · Penang lawyer · crossbar · walking stick · plank · trunk · wand · stake · knitting needle · bar · stanchion · dowel · stalk · newel · pillar · goal post · shank · pen · jamb · pencil · club · bludgeon · bolt · pole · joist · nail · shaft · post · cane · hockey stick · mast · alpenstock · stave · yard · girder · gaff · stud · chopstick · screw · lever · spar · marker · baluster · rod · cudgel · baton · drumstick · yardstick · spike · toothpick

Relateds

tree · bone · tube · handle · string · sceptre

Synonyms

twig · stick

stick en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn Old English stician Middle English stiken English stick From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka. Cognate with the 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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
   • I haue stucke vnto thy Testimonies: O Lord put me not to shame. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 119:31:
   • Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
   • The tape will not stick if it melts.
   • The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images. 1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “[The Historie of Irelande […].] The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of Henry the Eyght: ….”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, pages 77–78, column 2:
2. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
   • The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
3. (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
   • "I've had ten years of it, scratching enough out of it to dress and feed myself when the going's good and sharing a room with a girl friend or pigging it in some cheap boarding-house, and doing a perish when I've been out of a job. I've got to the point where I can't stick it any longer. I'd get out tomorrow if I could find something else to do." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 5:
   • Why do most course organizers stick the job for less than five years? 1998, Patrick McEvoy, Educating the Future GP: the course organizer's handbook, page 7:
4. (intransitive) To persist.
   • His old nickname stuck.
   • "Our team did brilliantly to be in the game. We stuck at it and did a good job. This is disappointing but we'll think about the next game tomorrow." 2011 December 10, David Ornstein quoting David Moyes, “Arsenal 1-0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
5. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
6. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
   • What I get from work makes me a better mother, and what I get from being a mother makes me a better journalist. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. 2007, Amanda Lamb, Smotherhood: Wickedly Funny Confessions from the Early Years:
   • Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
   • After this contencion, the common people did ſticke vnto king Agis, and the riche men followed Leonidas, praying and perſwading him not to forſake them: and further, they did ſo intreate the Senators, in whom conſiſteth the chiefe authority,[…] 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 852:
7. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
   • , 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 12, Though a cup of cold water from some hand may not be without its reward, yet stick not thou for wine and oil for the wounds of the distressed […]
   • For he that sticks not at one bad Action, will not scruple another to vindicate himself: And so, Devil-like, become the Tempter, and the Accuser too! 1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXVII”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 375:
   • Some stick not to say, that the Parson and Attorney forg’d a Will, for which they were well Paid […] 1712, John Arbuthnot, chapter 1, in Law is a Bottomless Pit, London: John Morphew:
   • And so careful were they to put off the Honour of great Actions from themselves, and to centre it upon God, that they stuck not sometimes to depreciate themselves that they might more effectually honour him. 1740, James Blair, Our Saviour's divine sermon on the mount … explained, volume 3, page 26:
   • The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more costly, they thought them the more acceptable, for which Reason, they stuck not sometimes to regale them with human Sacrifices. 1743, Thomas Stackhouse, A Compleat Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity, edition 3 (London), page 524
   • For thou art so possess’d with murderous hate That ’gainst thyself thou stick’st not to conspire. 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 10”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
8. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
   • He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds open by degrees, and how it is exercise alone that opens them. Sometimes they will stick a long time at a part of a demonstration, not for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas; that, to one whose understanding is more exercised, is as visible as any thing can be. a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 6, pages 29–30:
9. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
   • 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73, […] this is the Difficulty that seemeth chiefly to stick with the most reasonable of those, who, from a mere Scruple of Conscience, refuse to join with us upon the Revolution Principle […] .
10. (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
    • Stick the label on the jar.
11. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
    • Stick your bag over there and come with me.
    • Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
12. (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
    • to stick a needle into one's finger
    • The points of spears are stuck within the shield. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
13. (qualifier:now only in dialects, transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else. ▸ To stab.
    • Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting! fourscore ducats! c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
    • In certain of their sacrifices they had a lamb, they sticked him, they killed him, and made sacrifice of him: this lamb was Christ the Son of God, he was killed, sticked, and made a sweet-smelling sacrifice for our sins. circa 1583, John Jewel, in a sermon republished in 1847 in The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, portion 2, page 969
    • The defendant said he didn't shoot; "he sticked him with a knife." 1908, The Northeastern Reporter, volume 85, page 693:
    • […] would haue [=have] sticked him with a dagger […] 1809, Grafton's chronicle, or history of England, volume 2, page 135:
    • It was a shame […] to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
    • […] ſome of them attempted with Spears to ſtick me in the Sides; but, by good luck, I had on me a Buff Jerkin, which they could not pierce. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 10:
14. (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
    • to stick an apple on a fork
15. (archaic, transitive) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
    • my shroud of white, stuck all with yew c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
16. (transitive) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
    • stick the landing
    • Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
17. (transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
    • Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
18. (transitive) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
19. (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
    • to stick somebody with a hard problem
20. (dated, slang, transitive) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
    • Behind all that languid talk she was feverishly computing, "I wonder how much I can stick him for it. A hundred and fifty? But it's worth that - two hundred. He won't value it unless the price is stiff." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 158:
    • Chillin' in a Benz with my amigos / Tryin' to stick a nigga for his pesos 1996, “No Time”, in Hard Core, performed by Lil' Kim ft. Diddy:
21. (US, intransitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • You leave your girl around me; if she's bad she's gonna get stuck. 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
    • You ain't lickin' this, you ain't stickin' this 1996, Lil' Kim, “Not Tonight”:
22. (UK, intransitive) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.

Forms

Deriveds

stick at (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's post (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick a sock in it (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick 'em up (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · shit sticks (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick by (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick it to (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick on (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · bestick (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick it (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's foot in it (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick in someone's craw (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · sticktoitiveness (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · sticky (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · mud sticks (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's ribs (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · what sticks (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick around (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's head in the sand (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's own knitting (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · throw things at the wall and see what sticks (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick up for (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick in someone's gullet (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's knitting (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick like shit (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's dick in crazy (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stickage (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick a needle in my eye (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to business (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stickable (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · sticktight (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick together (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · unstick (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's tongue out (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick a fork in something (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick it to the man (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick two fingers up (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick the landing (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick fat (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · sticker (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stickability (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick that in your pipe and smoke it (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · dirt sticks (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick the knife in (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick up to (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · sticktion (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stickjaw (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's text (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick by one's guns (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick down (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one on (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick out (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick in one's gizzard (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick a fork in me, I’m done (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick up (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to someone's ribs (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · let the cobbler stick to his last (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick at nothing (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick in someone's throat (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's nose into (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's foot in one's mouth (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick it out (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · lick and stick (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick-on (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick to one's guns (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick like shit to a blanket (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stickseed (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · restick (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · let crazy stick its dick in you (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick with (Terms derived from stick (verb)) · stick one's nose in (Terms derived from stick (verb))

Relateds

stick up for · stick one's neck out · stuck up · stick one's oar in · stick-up · stick-sling · stick to one's guns · stick in one's craw · stick out like a sore thumb

Synonyms

make whoopee · hike the Appalachian Trail · set down · hold on · carry on · stick by · ride · keep trying · stake · stog · chive · take · rock and roll · allow · carry on · bump uglies · fix · puncture · do the nasty · get one's dick wet · dither · waver · copulate · share a bed · run through · stomach · make love · bounce · get one's freak on · prick · see someone's etchings · know · undergo · ming · persevere · falter · stick to one's guns · stake · have it off · pass · cleave · have sex · chef · haul one's ashes · crack · glue · hold out · waver · stick with · get busy · job · pound · roger · puncture · stick · stob · empierce · attach · take sitting down · intercourse · run through · cling · shaboink · prick · shelve · hide the sausage · desist · meddle · stand shilly-shally · demur · get down · plug · approach · follow up · stick together · fuck · stand by · play hide the sausage · shank · gore · stay · waffle · play · stump · transpierce · knifecrime · abide · knock boots · get one's end away · get laid · have sex · pierce · make the beast with two backs · boggle · frack · lancinate · Netflix and chill · pierce · live with · bone · strain · stand · stick to · bump nasties · hold · stay the distance · glue · put up with · bond · sex · transfix · plug away · stick by one's guns · continue · stab · gride · speet · shag · keep up · hold up · falter · puncture · abide · swike · astand · screw · show someone one's etchings · swallow · endure · get the dirty water off one's chest · gum · astand · resist · bang · boff · hide the salami · common · do the deed · thwart · pink · draw up · thrust · undergang · fix · settle · engage in sex · jig-jig · stick with it · bide · stay the course · stick with · grind to a halt · pocket · get one's oats · eff · slap bellies · forbear · spear · frick · jam · poach · foin · kebab · get freaky · do it · pitch · make it · shiv · mammer · cling · brake · enthrill · brook · dance · leave off · agglutinate · tumble · hook up · run through · impale · run through · bear · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · bop · lay pipe · roll around · stick · juke · expletive deleted · chib · cleave · hang in there · hold the line · deliberate · keep a stiff upper lip · endure · splash · stall · bauf · get some · stick · discuss Uganda · pierce · go along with · frak · puzzle · get physical · hesitate · dree · impale · conglutinate · thole · company · catch a dick · aby · prick · cohere · abide · know someone in the biblical sense · transfix · scruple · stop · graft the forked tree · cohabit · bonk · yerk · plod · penetrate · tolerate · jab · pipe · jab · stick · stay · halt · halt · pigstick · couple · suffer · make out · anchor · get one's leg over · beat · stick it out · get lucky · cease · frig · sleep together · pipe down · clap cheeks · get it · ching · wobble · swither · pouch · stick · rail · immobilize · accept · stint · go all the way · abear · pop · have intimate relations · rest · get jiggy · stall · hover · stick · bear up · hump · blin · have it away · mate · live with · have marital relations · persist · hug · get one's groove on · breed · paste · engender · hide the wienie · exchange flesh · conglutinate · soldier on · boink · root · get it on · lay the pipe · adhere · put up with · have sexual relations

Translations (296)

gu ચોંટવું (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi kiinnittää (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ru втыка́ть (to press into with a sharp point) · wa plaker (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sdc attaccà (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ky желимдөө (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · bg мятам (to place, set down quickly) · ca plantar (to place, set down quickly) · fi juuttua (to jam) · cmn 黏著 /黏着 (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi suorittaa täydellisesti (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · sc affrisare (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sc accollai (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · be лі́пнуць (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · es pegarse (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · de stecken (to press into with a sharp point) · es seguir (to remain loyal or firm) · gl pegar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 味方する (to remain loyal or firm) · pl kleić (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · tr yapıştırmak (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sc apegaisì (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hi अटकना (to jam) · nl blijven steken (to jam) · eu erantsi (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pt aguentar (to persist) · it persistere (to persist) · ar لَصَّقَ (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pt grudar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ba сәнсеү (to press into with a sharp point) · he הִדְבִּיק (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi kiinnittyä (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ms lekat (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · tr batırmak (to press into with a sharp point) · txb trenk- (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi pistää (to fix on a pointed instrument) · he נִדְבַּק (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fr coller (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 粘着する (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hu szúr (to press into with a sharp point) · sdc attaccàssi (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · acw لَصَّق (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 付ける (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · bqi دیسنیدن (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · acw لَزَّق (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pt grudar (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · pl przyklejać się (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ka მიწებება (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · eo algluiĝi (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · he דָּבַק (to remain loyal or firm) · ro agăța (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · gl colar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fr enfoncer (to press into with a sharp point) · sv ställ (to place, set down quickly) · cs zabodnout (to press into with a sharp point) · fi panna (to place, set down quickly) · nrf cliuter (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · zza sivık biyen (to jam) · ru заеда́ть (to jam) · ur چپکنا (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ka გაჭედვა (to jam) · ca enganxar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · cs bodnout (to press into with a sharp point) · bg запазвам се (to remain loyal or firm) · az saplamaq (to press into with a sharp point) · hu tűz (to fix on a pointed instrument) · es clavar (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · it permanere (to remain loyal or firm) · uk защемля́ти (to jam) · cmn 黏 (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · es atascarse (to jam) · pl przylepić (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ta ஒட்டு (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fr ficher (to place, set down quickly) · cs píchat (to press into with a sharp point) · de anheften (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · vo kleibön (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi pistää (to press into with a sharp point) · eo alglui (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ru застрева́ть (to jam) · fi pysyä (to persist) · fr planter (to press into with a sharp point) · es atinar (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · ru прикле́ить (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sq mpreh (to fix on a pointed instrument) · pt persistir (to persist) · wa coler (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ckb نوساندن (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · mk се залепува (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ota طوتقاللامق (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · la figicō (to press into with a sharp point) · fr coincer (to jam) · txb tsu- (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi pitäytyä (to remain loyal or firm) · sc appoddai (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fa چسبیدن (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · dsb lipaś (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fr bouturer (to propagate plants by cuttings) · sv fästa (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ta ஒட்டு (to persist) · tr bağlı kalmak (to remain loyal or firm) · ka მიკრობა (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · nl stekken (to propagate plants by cuttings) · hu megakad (to jam) · es permanecer (to remain loyal or firm) · es clavar (to press into with a sharp point) · es achuntar (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · la faciō haerēre (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · hu rátűz (to fix on a pointed instrument) · ota یاپشمق (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · cmn 貼 /贴 (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · uk прикле́юватися (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · rup hig (to press into with a sharp point) · be прыкле́йваць (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · es acertar (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · izh tarttua (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hu döf (to press into with a sharp point) · it rimanere (to remain loyal or firm) · ru прикле́иваться (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · cs zapíchnout (to press into with a sharp point) · zza panayen (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · de steckenbleiben (to jam) · cy glynu (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi liimata (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · hu ragaszkodik (to remain loyal or firm) · sc appiliare (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hi चिपकाना (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · de stocken (to jam) · pl przylepić się (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ckb چەقاندن (to press into with a sharp point) · pt colar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pl przykleić się (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · cmn 黏 (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · oc pegar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ur چپکانا (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · hu tesz (to place, set down quickly) · uk прикле́ювати (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · az soxmaq (to press into with a sharp point) · nl volhouden (to persist) · he תָּקַע (to place, set down quickly) · ko 붙다 (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hu beakad (to jam) · ba йәбешеү (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ru вка́лывать (to press into with a sharp point) · az batırmaq (to press into with a sharp point) · bg лепя се (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · lt prilipi̇̀nti (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 引っかかる (to jam) · hu megmarad (to persist) · uk защеми́ти (to jam) · nl kleven (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · az sancmaq (to press into with a sharp point) · ja 続ける (to persist) · he דָּבַק (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hu beszorul (to jam) · sdn attaccàssi (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ka მიკვრა (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · zza pa manen (to remain loyal or firm) · it persistere (of snow, to remain frozen on landing) · vo klebön (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ja 置く (to place, set down quickly) · ja 付く (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ru застря́ть (to jam) · it ficcare (to press into with a sharp point) · de kleben (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · acw لصق (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi pistää (to place, set down quickly) · mk загла́вува (to jam) · grc ἐμπήγνῡμι (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · cy glynu (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi takertua (to jam) · uk кле́їти (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pt aderir (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · sv fastna (to jam) · ja 突く (to press into with a sharp point) · sv fastna (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · eu itsatsi (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · nl kleven (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ur اٹکنا (to jam) · fi laittaa (to place, set down quickly) · izh törkätä (to press into with a sharp point) · ko 붙이다 (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ca ficar (to press into with a sharp point) · fi pysyä (to remain loyal or firm) · es pegar (to perform (a landing) perfectly) · id menempel (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ky жабыштыруу (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · sq pik (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · de dabeibleiben (to remain loyal or firm) · pt cravar (to press into with a sharp point) · az yapışdırmaq (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sa स्निह्यति (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ka მიკრობა (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · lt priklijúoti (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 貼る (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi tarttua (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · sc àccollare (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · cs lepit (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ja 嵌る (to jam) · hu ragaszt (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pt colar (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · nmn dtʻkxʻàba (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · nl stekken (to place, set down quickly) · be прыкле́іцца (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · bg лепя́ (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · la haereō (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · lt prili̇̀pti (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · mk се прилепува (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · cmn 貼 /贴 (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ru защеми́ть (to jam) · he נִתְקַע (to jam) · pl przykleić (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · cs bodat (to press into with a sharp point) · ru прилипа́ть (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · pt permanecer (to remain loyal or firm) · ro înfige (to press into with a sharp point) · ka მიწებება (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · mba pulut (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · be прыкле́іць (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fr rester (to persist) · hu ragad (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · wa aplaker (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · alt јапшынар (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi pysyä (of snow, to remain frozen on landing) · he תָּקַע (to press into with a sharp point) · uk втика́ти (to press into with a sharp point) · bg забождам (to press into with a sharp point) · ar لَصِقَ (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ja 付く (to place, set down quickly) · hu kitart (to remain loyal or firm) · alt јелимдеер (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · sv placera (to place, set down quickly) · uk ли́пнути (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · de stechen (to press into with a sharp point) · pt enfiar (to place, set down quickly) · ru защемля́ть (to jam) · hu vág (to place, set down quickly) · cs lepit se (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fi epäröidä (to hesitate, be reluctant; refuse) · la fīgō (to press into with a sharp point) · be кле́іць (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja つきまとう (to persist) · pt emperrar (to jam) · fi lisätä pistokkaista (to propagate plants by cuttings) · pl przylepiać się (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ca apegar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · rup nhig (to press into with a sharp point) · sc affisciai (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · hu fennmarad (to persist) · ba йәбештереү (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · es pegar (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · eo glui (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · es poner (to place, set down quickly) · bcl pulot (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ro lipi (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ru прили́пнуть (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · az yapışmaq (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ta ஒட்டு (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · pl przyklejać (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · zza gum kerden (to press into with a sharp point) · bg упорствам (to persist) · wa plaker (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hi चिपकना (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · br pegañ (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · it attaccare (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ba ҡаҙау (to press into with a sharp point) · mk забо́дува (to press into with a sharp point) · izh pistää (to press into with a sharp point) · pl przylepiać (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · fi pitää kiinni (to remain loyal or firm) · nl plakken (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · sq ngjit (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · ja 刺す (to press into with a sharp point) · pt enfiar (to press into with a sharp point) · mi ū (to remain loyal or firm) · yi צוקלעפּן (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · nl neergooien (to remain loyal or firm) · he תפס (of snow, to remain frozen on landing) · ru ли́пнуть (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · hu elakad (to jam) · zza paneyayen (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · fr coller (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ru прикле́иться (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ja 動かなくなる (to jam) · ru кле́ить (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · be прыкле́йвацца (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ru прикле́ивать (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) · tr yapışmak (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · bg заяждам (to jam) · sv sätt (to place, set down quickly) · de kleben (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · es ceñirse (to remain loyal or firm) · lt durti (to press into with a sharp point) · it attaccarsi (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) · ka ჩაჭედვა (to jam) · lt įdurti (to press into with a sharp point)

stick en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• stĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną ▲ Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-Germanic *stukkōną Proto-Germanic *stukkiją Proto-West Germanic *stukkī Old Dutch *stukki Middle Dutch sticbor. Middle English stick English stick From Middle English stick, stik, steik, from Middle Dutch stic, stec, stuc (“piece”), from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). Cognate with German Stück (“piece”), Middle English stucche, sticche (“piece”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The customary length (according to the material used) of a piece or roll of textile fabrics imported from Flanders.

Forms

Holonyms

arrow · fence · lattice · weapon · tool

Hyponyms

spoke · column · bergstock · axle · pin · flagpole · stilt · banister · flagstaff · leg · staff · truncheon · needle · match · spindle · skewer · sprit · stile · highlighter · beam · rung · Penang lawyer · crossbar · walking stick · plank · trunk · wand · stake · knitting needle · bar · stanchion · dowel · stalk · newel · pillar · goal post · shank · pen · jamb · pencil · club · bludgeon · bolt · pole · joist · nail · shaft · post · cane · hockey stick · mast · alpenstock · stave · yard · girder · gaff · stud · chopstick · screw · lever · spar · marker · baluster · rod · cudgel · baton · drumstick · yardstick · spike · toothpick

Relateds

tree · bone · tube · handle · string · sceptre

Synonyms

twig · stick