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   stick

   /stɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. Similar piece of woodtwigsmall branchcanepolebeanpolepoststakeuprightrod
   • ▪ a long, thin piece of wood used for support in walking or as a weapon. Similar walking stickcanestaffmalaccaalpenstockblackthornashplantrattanthumb stickcrookcrutchwaddyclubcudgelbludgeonshillelaghtruncheonbatoncanebirchswitchrodlathidandakierieknobkerrieinformal:cosh
   • ▪ (in hockey, polo, and other games) a long, thin implement, typically made of wood, with a curved head or angled blade 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, thin piece of wood used to impale food: "lolly sticks"
   • ▪ goalposts or cricket stumps. 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"
   • ▪ used to refer to a very thin person or limb: "the girl was a stick"
   • ▪ (of a figure) drawn with short, thin, straight lines: "stick drawings of a man and girl"
   • ▪ a conductor's baton.
   • ▪ a gear or control lever.
   • ▪ a quarter-pound pack 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"
   • 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 or civilization: informal, derogatory "he felt hard done by living out in the sticks"
   • 6. a person of a specified kind: informal, dated "Janet's not such a bad old stick sometimes"
   • 7. a large quantity of unsold stock, especially the proportion of shares which must be taken up by underwriters after an unsuccessful issue.

   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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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

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   • English (US)

     STICK meaning: 1. a thin piece of wood or other material: 2....

   • Stick: Arabic Translation

     STICK translate: يُلْصِق, يَغْرُز, يَعْلُق, يَضَع, عَصا,...

   • Stick-On

     STICK-ON definition: 1. used to refer to something that has...

   • Carrot and Stick

     CARROT AND STICK definition: 1. a system in which you are...

   • Znaczenie Stick, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     stick definicja: 1. a thin piece of wood or other material:...

   • Stick: Catalan Translation

     stick translate: enganxar(-se), clavar, encallar-se,...

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   Stick definition: a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.. See examples of STICK used in a sentence.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionstick verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   [transitive] stick something + adv./prep. (informal) to put something in a place, especially quickly or carelessly. Stick your bags down there. He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off. Can you stick this on the noticeboard? Peter stuck his head around the door and said, ‘Coffee, anyone?’. He stuck the note through her letter box.

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

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   A stick is either a short length of wood—part of a tree branch—or an implement made of wood, like a hockey stick, a walking stick, or the sticks you use to play a drum.

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

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   A stick is a long slender piece of wood, especially a branch or a wand. It can also mean a group of bombs, a piece of furniture, or a slang term for marijuana.