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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stick like shit en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:simile, slang, vulgar) To be very tenacious, or be very difficult to get rid of.
    • 'But you know what a nickname is like – it sticks like shit.' 2011, Howard Jacobson, In the Land of Oz, page 191:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sticking like shit Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuck like shit Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuck like shit Tense=Past lexicographic
sticks like shit Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

stick like shit to a blanket