Definition of "stick"
- noun
A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
A board, especially a two by four.
A wand; a baton; a cudgel; a cane or walking stick.
The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
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.
The control column of an aircraft. (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".).
Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
A memory stick.
A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
An assistant planted in the audience.
A fighter pilot.
Of bombs, a load dropped in quick succession from an aircraft.
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.).
Corporal punishment; beatings.
Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
Ability; specifically:.
An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
A quantity of eels, usually 25.
The traction of tires on the road surface.
The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
Criticism or ridicule.
- verb
To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
To glue; to attach; to adhere.
To jam; to stop moving.
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
To persist.
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
To remain loyal; to remain firm.
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
To press into with a sharp point.
To perform (a landing) perfectly.
To propagate plants by cuttings.
To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse.
- adjective
Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
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