stuck en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Meanings
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Unable to move.
The day of our arrival two belugas had accidentally become grounded in the shallows of a river delta near the station, and now that the tide had gone out, they seemed helplessly stuck.
1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, pages 594-595:Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.
If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.
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Unable to progress with a task.
I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.
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No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
There are several ways to close a stuck program.
- (archaic, slang) In the situation of having no money.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more stuck | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most stuck | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stuck on oneself · Homestuck · stuck in the Stone Age · stare like a stuck pig · Stuckist · get stuck into · squeal like a stuck pig · bleed like a stuck pig · stuck like Chuck · Stuckism · stuckholder · stuckness · permastuck · get stuck in · bleed like a stuck hog · stuck in the mud · hardstuck · unstuck · stuck on · stuck-up · like a stuck pig · stuck in one's ways · stuck in a rut · stuck pixel · stuck record · stuck up · stuck in time · stuck twin syndrome
Synonyms
broker than the Ten Commandments · poor as a church mouse · beggared · poor as a rat · unmovable · fixed · inanimate · penniless · static · dirt poor · empty-handed · unmoveable · inert · pinched · poverty-ridden · destitute · wealthless · down at heel · sessile · stationary · immotile · penniless · broke · goodless · poverty-stricken · almsless · poor as Job · immobile · penurious · insolvent · broken · groatless · poor · disadvantaged · feeling the pinch · pauperized · needy · in need · badly off · pok kai · stuck · stone-broke · lifeless · shillingless · strapped · lower-class · rigid · immovable · down and out · skint · moneyless · static · possessionless · necessitous · down on one's luck · impoverished · boracic · flat · impecunious · stuck · stony-broke · unwealthy · indigent · arm · bankrupt · threadbare · down on one's uppers · beggarly · unmovable · farthingless · broke · hard up · depauperate · oofless
Translations (54)
es atorado (trapped and unable to move) · tyz cà (trapped and unable to move) · cmn 卡關 /卡关 (trapped and unable to move) · ca encallat (unable to progress) · de festgeklemmt (trapped and unable to move) · cmn 卡住 (trapped and unable to move) · it inceppato (unable to progress) · tyz cạng (trapped and unable to move) · es atrapado (trapped and unable to move) · la fīxus (trapped and unable to move) · pl zaklinowany (trapped and unable to move) · es atascado (trapped and unable to move) · acw مَحْشُور (trapped and unable to move) · sv fast (trapped and unable to move) · fr bloqué (trapped and unable to move) · sq metun (unable to progress) · fr coincé (trapped and unable to move) · pt preso (trapped and unable to move) · cmn 卡 (trapped and unable to move) · de feststecken (trapped and unable to move) · sq ngec (trapped and unable to move) · tyz cạng (unable to progress) · es atascado (unable to progress) · th ค้าง (trapped and unable to move) · th ค้าง (unable to progress) · nn sitja fast (trapped and unable to move) · it intrappolato (trapped and unable to move) · it ostruito (unable to progress) · wa astok (trapped and unable to move) · it bloccato (trapped and unable to move) · acw مَعْزُوق (trapped and unable to move) · es pegado (trapped and unable to move) · es atollado (trapped and unable to move) · ru застря́вший (trapped and unable to move) · ro înțepenit (trapped and unable to move) · sq ngelur (unable to progress) · th คา (trapped and unable to move) · sv fast (unable to progress) · de festsitzen (trapped and unable to move) · de festgefahren (unable to progress) · lt įstrigęs (trapped and unable to move) · sq ngujuar (trapped and unable to move) · ar عَالِق (trapped and unable to move) · acw عَالِق (trapped and unable to move) · fi jumissa (unable to progress) · pl utknąć (unable to progress) · th ติด (trapped and unable to move) · de eingeklemmt (trapped and unable to move) · fi jumissa (trapped and unable to move) · ca encallat (trapped and unable to move) · it bloccato (unable to progress) · uk застря́глий (trapped and unable to move) · de festgesetzt (unable to progress) · de stecken (trapped and unable to move)