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Stick

/stɪk/ · noun

Meaning

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton..

Definitions by Sense

  1. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
  2. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
  3. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
  4. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
  5. (sports) A stick-like item:
  6. (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:
  7. (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
  8. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.

Example Sentences

Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
Your father's a great old stick. He's really been very good to me.
“[…]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.”
to stick type
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?
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. […]"
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.

Synonyms for stick

sticktwigcleaveclingadhereattachbondcohereconglutinategluehugstick togetherstick withjamstallanchorastandblinbrakeceasedesistdraw upgrind to a halthaltholdimmobilizeleave offreststaystint

Antonyms for stick

freemovedislodge

Related Words

clingbillydepositpinwedgepegadheretruncheonnightstickbindstinglodgereeferjoystickcontrol stickcoherestayjointstay putstick around

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does stick mean?

Stick means An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton..

What is a synonym for stick?

Common synonyms include stick, twig, cleave, cling.

What is the opposite of stick?

Possible antonyms include free, move, dislodge.

How do you use stick in a sentence?

Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.

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