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Found 7 hits - Term: stuck, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stick \stick\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stuckobs. sticked; p.
   pr.  vb. n. sticking. oe. stikien, v.t.  i., combined
   with steken, whence e. stuck, as. stician, v.t.  i., and
   assumed stecan, v.t.; akin to ofries. steka, os. stekan,
   ohg. stehhan, g. stechen, and to gr. ? to prick, skr. tij to
   be sharp. cf. distinguish, etiquette, extinct,
   instigate, instinct, prestige, stake, steak,
   stick, n., stigma, stimulate, sting, stitch in
   sewing, style for or in writing.
   1. to penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
      stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
      1913 webster

            and sticked him with bodkins anon.    --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            it was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
            gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
      pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
      1913 webster

            thou stickest a dagger in me.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in;
      hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as
      by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
      1913 webster

            my shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the points of spears are stuck within the shield.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
      1913 webster

   5. to set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
      1913 webster

   6. to fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
      apple on a fork.
      1913 webster

   7. to attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to
      stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also,
      to attach in any manner.
      1913 webster

   8. print. to compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
      stick; as, to stick type. cant
      1913 webster

   9. joinery to run or plane moldings in a machine, in
      contradistinction to working them by hand. such moldings
      are said to be stuck.
      1913 webster

   10. to cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
       puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. colloq.
       1913 webster

   11. to impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
       slang
       1913 webster

   to stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render
      prominent.
      1913 webster
see also:
stuck sticked sticking distinguish etiquette extinct 
instigate instinct prestige stake steak 
stick stigma stimulate sting stitch 
style to stick out 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stuck \stuck\,
   imp.  p. p. of stick.
   1913 webster
see also:
stick 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stuck \stuck\, n. cf. 1st stoccado.
   a thrust. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
stoccado 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stick
     n 1: implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry
          sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on
          a stick"
     2: a small thin branch of a tree
     3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and
        elevators of an airplane syn: control stick, joystick
     4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
        sticks" syn: pin, peg
     5: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking syn: joint,
         marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff
     6: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no
        carrot"
     v 1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" syn:
          lodge, wedge, deposit ant: dislodge
     2: stay put in a certain place; "we are staying in detroit;
        we are not moving to cincinnati"; "stay put in the corner
        here"; "stick around and you will learn something" syn:
         stay, stick around, stay put ant: move
     3: cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand
        out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's
        business" syn: put forward
     4: stick to firmly; "will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
        syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to
     5: be or become fixed; "the door sticks--we will have to plane
        it"
     6: endure; "the label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
     7: be a devoted follower or supporter; "the residents of this
        village adhered to catholicism"; "she sticks to her
        principles" syn: adhere
     8: be loyal to; "she stood by her husband in times of trouble";
        "the friends stuck together through the war" syn: stand
        by, stick by, adhere
     9: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
        "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
     10: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the
         poster onto the wall"
     11: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto
         the corkboard"
     12: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
         "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
     13: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck
         the cloth with the needle"
     14: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "he
         stuck the needle into his finger"
     15: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
         resist separation; "the dress clings to her body"; "the
         label stuck to the box"; "the sushi rice grains cohere"
         syn: cling, cleave, adhere, cohere
     16: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "they
         stuck me with the dinner bill"; "i was stung with a huge
         tax bill" syn: sting
     17: be a mystery or bewildering to; "this beats me"; "got me--i
         don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "this
         question really stuck me" syn: perplex, vex, get,
         puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
          flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
     also: stuck
see also:
control stick joystick pin peg joint marijuana cigarette 
reefer spliff lodge wedge deposit 
dislodge stay stick around stay put move 
put forward adhere hold fast bond bind 
stick to stand by stick by cling cleave 
cohere sting perplex vex get 
puzzle mystify baffle beat pose 
bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel 
amaze dumbfound stuck 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stuck
     adj 1: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" ant: unstuck
     2: baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
see also:
unstuck 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stuck
     see stick
see also:
stick 
[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 moby thesaurus words for "stuck":
   addled, adhering, agglutinate, aground, anchored, at a loss,
   at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, baffled,
   bamboozled, beat, bewildered, bonded, buffaloed, castaway, caught,
   cemented, chained, cleaving, clinging, close, coherent, cohering,
   cohesive, confounded, dazed, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, floored,
   foundered, fuddled, glued, grounded, held, high and dry,
   holding together, impacted, in a dilemma, in suspense,
   inextricable, jammed, licked, marooned, moored, muddled, mystified,
   nonplussed, on tenterhooks, on the rocks, packed, perplexed,
   puzzled, secure, set, set fast, shipwrecked, sticking, stranded,
   stuck fast, stumped, swamped, taped, tethered, thrown, tied, tight,
   transfixed, wedged, wrecked





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