Stick (noun)
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
Stick (noun)
right|thumb|a stick of woodA small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
“branch|twig|rice|q3=dialectal|kindling|brush|q5=uncountable”
“{{ux|en|The beaver’s dam was made out of sticks.”
Stick (noun)
A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
“{{ux|en|I found several good sticks in the brush heap.”
“What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back? A stick.}}”
Stick (noun)
A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
“two by four”
“I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.”
Stick (noun)
A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
“cane|walking stick”
“I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.”
Stick (noun)
A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
“As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.”
Stick (noun)
The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
Stick (noun)
A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a id=nautical.
Stick (noun)
Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
“Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.”
Stick (noun)
A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
“piece|item”
“We were so poor we didn’t have one stick of furniture.”
Stick (noun)
right|thumb|a stick of butterA small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
“The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.”
Stick (noun)
right|thumb|a stick of gumA standard rectangular (often thin) piece of chewing gum.
“Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!”
Stick (noun)
Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
Stick (noun)
A cigarette usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette.
“joint|reefer”
“Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.”
Stick (noun)
A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
“US}} {{ux|en|My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.”
Stick (noun)
A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
Stick (noun)
A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
Stick (noun)
The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
“train”
Stick (noun)
A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
“stickshift|gearstick”
“I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn’t.”
Stick (noun)
right|thumb|the stick-shift lever in a manual transmission carVehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
“I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn’t.”
Stick (noun)
The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel ofan automobiles, is also called the “stick”.
Stick (noun)
Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
Stick (noun)
A memory stick.
Stick (noun)
A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
Stick (noun)
A stick-like item:
Stick (noun)
The clarinet. more often called the liquorice stick
“licorice stick”
Stick (noun)
right|thumb|two hockey sticks, for the goalie at rightright|thumb|a lacrosse stickA long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
“Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.”
Stick (noun)
The short whip carried by a jockey.
Stick (noun)
A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
Stick (noun)
The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
“pin|flagstick”
“His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.”
Stick (noun)
The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
“His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody’s in the club.”
Stick (noun)
Ability; specifically:
Stick (noun)
The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
“He shoots a mean stick of pool.”
Stick (noun)
The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
Stick (noun)
The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
Stick (noun)
General hitting ability.
Stick (noun)
A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
Stick (noun)
The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
Stick (noun)
A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
Stick (noun)
An assistant planted in the audience.
“plant|shill”
Stick (noun)
A fighter pilot.
Stick (noun)
Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
Stick (noun)
A small group of (infantry) soldiers.
Stick (noun)
A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
Stick (noun)
Corporal punishment; beatings.
Stick (noun)
Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
“ux|en|He really gave that digging some stick. = he threw himself into the task of digging”
“ux|en|She really gave that bully some stick. = she berated him”
“Give it some stick!”
Stick (noun)
A measure.
Stick (noun)
Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
Stick (noun)
An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
Stick (noun)
The traction of tires on the road surface.
Stick (noun)
The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
Stick (noun)
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Stick (noun)
Criticism or ridicule.
Stick (verb)
To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
Stick (verb)
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
“to stick type”
Stick (verb)
To become or remain attached; to adhere.
“The tape will not stick if it melts.”
Stick (verb)
To jam; to stop moving.
“The lever sticks if you push it too far up.”
Stick (verb)
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
Stick (verb)
To persist.
“His old nickname stuck.”
Stick (verb)
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
Stick (verb)
To remain loyal; to remain firm.
“Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.”
Stick (verb)
To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
Stick (verb)
To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
Stick (verb)
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
Stick (verb)
To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
“Stick the label on the jar.”
Stick (verb)
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
“Stick your bag over there and come with me.”
Stick (verb)
To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
“The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.”
“to stick a needle into one’s finger”
Stick (verb)
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
“to stick an apple on a fork”
Stick (verb)
To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
Stick (verb)
To perform (a landing) perfectly.
“Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.”
Stick (verb)
To propagate plants by cuttings.
“Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.”
Stick (verb)
To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
Stick (verb)
To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
“to stick somebody with a hard problem”
Stick (verb)
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
Stick (adjective)
Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
“A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.”
“A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.”
Staff (noun)
A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
Staff (noun)
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
Staff (noun)
The employees of a business.
“The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.”
Staff (noun)
A mixture of W
Staff (noun)
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
“a constable’s staff”
Staff (noun)
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staff (noun)
The rung of a ladder.
Staff (noun)
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
Staff (noun)
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staff (noun)
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staff (noun)
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general’s staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
Staff (verb)
To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.