Definitions of stick:
- noun: threat of a penalty
Example: "The policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
- noun: implement consisting of a length of wood
Example: "He collected dry sticks for a campfire"
- noun: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- noun: a small thin branch of a tree
- noun: informal terms of the leg
Example: "Fever left him weak on his sticks"
- noun: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- verb: endure
- verb: be or become fixed
Example: "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
- verb: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- verb: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- verb: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- verb: cause to protrude or as if to protrude
Example: "Stick one's hand out of the window"
- verb: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
Example: "Stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
- verb: fasten with or as with pins or nails
Example: "Stick the photo onto the corkboard"
- verb: fasten with an adhesive material like glue
Example: "Stick the poster onto the wall"
- verb: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
Example: "Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- verb: be a devoted follower or supporter
Example: "She sticks to her principles"
- verb: stay put (in a certain place)
Example: "Stick around and you will learn something!"
- verb: be loyal to
- verb: be a mystery or bewildering to
- verb: fix, force, or implant
- verb: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- verb: stick to firmly
- name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #29599)