Sticks

Quick meaning: Sticks is a noun meaning plural of stick.

Meaning

plural of stick.

More Meanings

1. (informal, derogatory, with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
2. (horse racing) Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over.
3. third-person singular simple present indicative of stick
4. (slang, chiefly by long-time users) crutches

Example Sentences

We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.

Do they prefer flat or 'over the sticks' (jump races)? Does the group know what the races with jumps are called?

It was a maiden race over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip off and make the running throughout.

"How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool baptist from out in the sticks."

Word Forms

• stix

Synonyms for sticks

Depending on context, synonyms include boonies, boondocks, hinterland.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cling, billy, deposit, pin, wedge, peg.

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