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   stick

   /stik/

   noun

   • 1. a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut from a tree. Similar piece of woodtwigsmall branchcanepolebeanpolepoststakeuprightrod
   • ▪ a long piece of wood used for support in walking or as a weapon with which to hit someone or something. Similar walking stickcanestaffmalaccaalpenstockblackthornashplantrattanthumb stickcrookcrutchwaddyclubcudgelbludgeonshillelaghtruncheonbatoncanebirchswitchrodlathidandakierieknobkerrieinformal:cosh
   • ▪ (in hockey, polo, and other games) a long implement, typically made of wood, with a head or blade of varying form that is used to hit or direct the ball or puck.
   • ▪ (in field hockey) the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder.
   • ▪ a short piece of wood used to impale food: "Popsicle sticks"
   • ▪ goalposts. informal
   • ▪ a mast or spar. archaic
   • ▪ a piece of basic furniture: "every stick of furniture just vanished"
   • 2. a long, thin piece of something: "a stick of dynamite"
   • ▪ (in extended and metaphorical use) a very thin person or limb: "the girl was a stick"
   • ▪ a conductor's baton.
   • ▪ a gear or control lever.
   • ▪ a quarter-pound rectangular block of butter or margarine. US
   • ▪ a number of bombs or paratroopers dropped rapidly from an aircraft: "the sticks of bombs rained down"
   • ▪ a small group of soldiers assigned to a particular duty: "a stick of heavily armed guards"
   • ▪ a marijuana cigarette. informal
   • 3. a threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion): "training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick"
   • 4. severe criticism or treatment: informal British "I took a lot of stick from the press" Similar criticismflakcensurereproachreproofcondemnationcastigationchastisementblameabusepunishmentinformal:a bashinga roastinga caningan earfula bawling-outverbala rollickinga wigginga rocketa rowvulgar slang:a bollockingrare:animadversionOpposite praisecommendation
   • 5. rural areas far from cities: informal, derogatory "a small, dusty town out in the sticks"
   • 6. a person of a specified kind: informal, dated "Janet's not such a bad old stick sometimes"

   Word Origin Old Englishsticca ‘peg, stick, spoon’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch stek ‘cutting from a plant’ and German Stecken ‘staff, stick’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sticklike adjective

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stickStick Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of STICK is a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub. How to use stick in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stick.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTICK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   STICK definition: 1. a thin piece of wood or other material: 2. a long, thin wooden pole that especially old or…. Learn more.

4. www.thefreedictionary.com › stickStick - definition of stick by The Free Dictionary

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   stick. (stĭk) n. 1. A long slender piece of wood, especially: a. A branch or stem that has fallen or been cut from a tree or shrub. b. A piece of wood, such as a tree branch, that is used for fuel, cut for lumber, or shaped for a specific purpose. c. A wand, staff, baton, or rod. 2.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishstick verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   [transitive, intransitive] to push something, usually a sharp object, into something; to be pushed into something. stick something + adv./prep. The nurse stuck the needle into my arm. Don't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage. + adv./prep. I found a nail sticking in the tyre. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. put.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTICK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of stick – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to become joined to something or to make something become joined to something else, usually with a substance like glue: Anne stuck a picture of her boyfriend on the wall. The stamp wouldn't stick to the envelope. Fewer examples. The preparation helps the paint to stick to the surface. The cake had stuck to the sides of the tin.

8. www.yourdictionary.com › stickStick Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

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   sticks. A long, usually slender piece of wood. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A stalk, as of celery. Webster's New World. An implement used for striking a ball, puck, etc. A hockey stick. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something that comes in narrow or oblong pieces. A stick of chewing gum, of butter, of dynamite, etc.