STICKS
/stΙͺks/
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Definition
/stΙͺks/
noun
- An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.“Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.”
- Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
- A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
- A stick-like item:
verb
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.“to stick type”
- To furnish or set with sticks.
verb
- To become or remain attached; to adhere.“The tape will not stick if it melts.”
- To jam; to stop moving.“The lever sticks if you push it too far up.”
- To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- To persist.“His old nickname stuck.”
- Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
noun
- Criticism or ridicule.
noun
- (with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.“We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.”
- (chiefly by long-time users) crutches
Source: Wiktionary
