Main entry: stick
Definition: threat of a penalty
Usage: the policy so far is all stick and no carrot
Main entry: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick
Definition: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Main entry: stick
Definition: an implement consisting of a length of wood
Usage: he collected dry sticks for a campfire; the kid had a candied apple on a stick
Main entry: stick
Definition: a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
Usage: cinnamon sticks; a stick of dynamite
Main entry: stick, joystick, control stick
Definition: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
Main entry: stick
Definition: a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
Definition: informal terms for the leg
Usage: fever left him weak on his sticks
Main entry: stick
Definition: a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
Main entry: stick
Definition: a small thin branch of a tree
Main entry: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Definition: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Usage: They stuck me with the dinner bill; I was stung with a huge tax bill
Main entry: stick, adhere, cleave, cling, cohere
Definition: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Usage: The dress clings to her body; The label stuck to the box; The sushi rice grains cohere
Main entry: stick, stick to, hold fast, bond, bind, adhere
Definition: stick to firmly
Usage: Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
Main entry: stick
Definition: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
Usage: He stuck the needle into his finger
Main entry: stick
Definition: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
Usage: he stuck the cloth with the needle
Main entry: stick, deposit, wedge, lodge
Definition: put, fix, force, or implant
Usage: lodge a bullet in the table; stick your thumb in the crack
Main entry: stick
Definition: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
Usage: stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress
Main entry: stick
Definition: fasten with or as with pins or nails
Usage: stick the photo onto the corkboard
Main entry: stick
Definition: fasten with an adhesive material like glue
Usage: stick the poster onto the wall
Main entry: stick
Definition: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
Usage: stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it
Main entry: stick, stick around, stay, stay put
Definition: stay put (in a certain place)
Usage: We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati; Stay put in the corner here!; Stick around and you will learn something!
Main entry: stand by, stick, stick by, adhere
Definition: be loyal to
Usage: She stood by her husband in times of trouble; The friends stuck together through the war
Definition: be a devoted follower or supporter
Usage: The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism; She sticks to her principles
Main entry: stick
Definition: endure
Usage: The label stuck to her for the rest of her life
Main entry: stick
Definition: be or become fixed
Usage: The door sticks--we will have to plane it