stick : Idioms & Phrases

• twenty-five eels. Prov. Eng.

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• noun a display of force or power
  
  • speak softly but carry a big stick

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• noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup
  breadstick.
  

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• (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.

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• noun a stick of carrot eaten raw
  

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• noun celery stalks cut into small sticks
  

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• (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

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• noun a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  joystick; stick.
  

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• noun sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
  cue; cue stick; pool cue.
  

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• noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
  Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; American angelica tree.
  

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• noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
  backsword; singlestick.
  

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• noun a long fillet of fish breaded and fried
  fish finger.
  

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• (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.

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• verb be unable to move further
  mire; bog down; grind to a halt.
  
  • The car bogged down in the sand

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• the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. Eng.

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• a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.

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• (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.

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• noun sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck
  

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• noun a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
  

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• a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; burned by the Chinese before an idol.

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• noun the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
  B-flat clarinet.
  

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Mahl"-stick` noun

Definitions

1. See Maul-stick.

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Maul"-stick` noun

Etymology

G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick.

Definitions

1. A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. Written also mahl-stick.

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• noun measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
  measuring rod; measure.
  

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• a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.

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Pig"-stick`ing noun

Definitions

1. Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. Colloq. Tackeray.

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• noun plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring; propelled by jumping
  

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Pok"ing-stick` noun

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1. A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.

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• noun a mallet used to strike the ball in polo
  polo mallet.
  

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• noun sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
  cue; cue stick; pool cue.
  

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• (Sugar Manuf.), a rod in the side of a vacuum pan, for testing the consistency of the sirup.

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• the stick used in a rack lashing.

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• noun a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
  

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• noun device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat
  

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• (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard.

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• a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. Eng. Thackeray.

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• noun a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot
  

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• a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot.

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• verb be available or ready for a certain function or service
  stick about; stand by.
  

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• verb be available or ready for a certain function or service
  stick about; stand by.
  
• verb stay put (in a certain place); we are not moving to Cincinnati"
  stay put; stick; stay.
  
  • We are staying in Detroit
  • Stay put in the corner here!
  • Stick around and you will learn something!

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• verb be loyal to
  stand by; stick; adhere.
  
  • She stood by her husband in times of trouble
  • The friends stuck together through the war

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• a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. U.S.

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• noun dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark
  

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• noun drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines
  

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• noun a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick
  

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• verb insert casually
  insert; sneak in; slip in.
  
  • She slipped in a reference to her own work
• verb introduce
  insert; put in; introduce; inclose; enclose.
  
  • Insert your ticket here

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• noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
  stick insect; walkingstick.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidæ, which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form and color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in such positions as to make them resemble small twigs. They thus imitate the branches and twigs of the trees on which they live. The common American species is Diapheromera femorata. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a foot long.

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• noun lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried
  

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• verb apply a heavy coat to
  plaster; plaster over.
  
• verb attach to
  affix.
  
  • affix the seal here

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• verb extend out or project in space
  project; protrude; jut out; jut.
  
  • His sharp nose jutted out
  • A single rock sticks out from the cliff
• verb be highly noticeable
  jump; jump out; leap out; stand out.
  
• verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; endure; suffer; digest; stand.
  
  • I cannot bear his constant criticism
  • The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
  • he learned to tolerate the heat
  • She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

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• noun a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal
  standard transmission.
  

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• verb stick to firmly
  bind; hold fast; adhere; stick; bond.
  
  • Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
• verb keep to
  stick to; follow.
  
  • Stick to your principles
  • stick to the diet

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• verb be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble
  stay together.
  
  • The two families stuck together throughout the war

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• verb rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
  hold up.
  
• verb defend against attack or criticism
  stand up.
  
  • He stood up for his friend
  • She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student

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• verb keep to
  stick to; follow.
  
  • Stick to your principles
  • stick to the diet

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• noun someone who moves slowly
  plodder; slowcoach; slowpoke.
  
  • in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach
• adjective satellite (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
  fogyish; moss-grown; mossy; stodgy.
  
  • moss-grown ideas about family life

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Stick"-lac` noun

Definitions

1. See the Note under Lac.

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• adjective satellite of something (a paper label or postage stamp) gummed in advance
  
  • stick-on labels

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Stick"-seed` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

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Stick"-tight` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Beggar's ticks.

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• adjective satellite extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
  sticking; jutting; protruding; relieved; projected; projecting.
  
  • the jutting limb of a tree
  • massive projected buttresses
  • his protruding ribs
  • a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

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• noun adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
  adhesive plaster; plaster.
  

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• noun a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal
  

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• noun a general term for building materials
  

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• adjective satellite burdened with
  cursed with.
  
  • stuck with the tab

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• adjective satellite (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  snotty; snot-nosed; bigheaded; persnickety; too big for one's breeches; uppish; snooty.
  
  • a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
  • they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety

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Stuck"-up` adjective

Definitions

1. Self-important and supercilious, onceited; vain; arrogant. Colloq.

   The airs of small, stuck-up, men. A. K. H. Boyd.

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• noun a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers
  

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• noun a small stick used to stir mixed drinks
  

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• noun a cane concealing a sword or dagger
  sword cane.
  

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• a sword cane.

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• noun a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
  boomerang; throw stick.
  

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• noun a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
  spear thrower; dart thrower; throwing board.
  
• noun a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
  boomerang; throw stick.
  

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• to run away. Slang De Quincey.

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• to make off clandestinely or precipitately. Slang

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• . (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting . "We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you." Davenant. (b) To be troublesome by adhering. "I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me." Pope.

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• to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. Low

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• to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.
• . (a) To project; to be prominent. "His bones that were not seen stick out." Job xxxiii. 21. (b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the garrison stuck out until relieved. Colloq. also v.i. to stick it out.

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• to be persevering in holding to; as, to stick to a party or cause. "The advantage will be on our side if we stick to its essentials." Addison.

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• to stand erect; as, his hair sticks up.

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• to assert and defend; as, to stick up for one's rights or for a friend. Colloq.

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• to dwell upon; not to forsake. "If the matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and stick upon it with labor and thought." Locke.

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• noun a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
  
• noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
  stick insect; walkingstick.
  

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• . (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zoöl.) A stick insect; called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.

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