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.
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it was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --sir
w. scott.
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2. to cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
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thou stickest a dagger in me. --shak.
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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.
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my shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --shak.
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the points of spears are stuck within the shield.
--dryden.
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4. to set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
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5. to set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
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6. to fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
apple on a fork.
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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.
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8. print. to compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
stick; as, to stick type. cant
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9. joinery to run or plane moldings in a machine, in
contradistinction to working them by hand. such moldings
are said to be stuck.
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10. to cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. colloq.
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11. to impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
slang
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to stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render
prominent.
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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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