stick

¹stick

noun \ˈstik\

Definition of STICK

1

: a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: as a : a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch b : a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

2

a : a long slender piece of wood or metal: as (1) : a club or staff used as a weapon (2) : walking stick b : an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game c : something used to force compliance d : a baton symbolizing an office or dignity; also : a person entitled to bear such a baton

3

: a piece of the materials composing something (as a building)

4

: any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: as a : composing stick b : an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons c : the gearshift lever of an automobile

5

: something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form <a stick of candy> <a stick of butter>

6

a : person, chap b : a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person

7

plural : remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated : boondocks

8

: an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick <celery sticks>

9

: ¹mast 1; also : ¹yard 4

10

: a piece of furniture

11

a : a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target b : a number of parachutists dropping together

12

slang : a marijuana cigarette

13

a : punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation <choosing between the carrot and the stick> b British : criticism, abuse

— stick·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Illustration of STICK

Origin of STICK

Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician to stick

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with STICK

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick