Dictionary Definition
stick
Noun
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]
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"
Verb
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]stuck adj
1 caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" [ant:
unstuck]
2 baffled; "this problem has me completely
stuck"stuck See stick
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /'stʌk/
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- Rhymes: -ʌk
Adjective
stuckDerived terms
Translations
trapped and unable to move
- Finnish: jumissa
- Spanish: atrapado, pegado
unable to progress
- Finnish: jumissa
- Spanish: atascado
Verb
stuckExtensive Definition
For information regarding a vehicle being stuck,
see Stuck
vehicle "Stuck" was the breakthrough hit and first worldwide
single by pop singer Stacie
Orrico, released in 2003. It can be found
on her self-titled second
album. It was used in the
Disney Channel Original Movie's Stuck
in the Suburbs.
"Stuck" was the first taste of chart success in
the mainstream that Orrico received and worldwide. The single
peaked at #52 in the U.S. while in the likes of Australia, the
single peaked in the top 5 and in the UK the single bucked chart
trends at the time by climbing inside the top 10 in its second
week. It was the biggest hit, however, in Japan, where it peaked at
#1.
Track listing
US: CD
- "Stuck" (Album Version)
- "Stuck" (Rhythmic Mix)
- "Stuck" (Thunderpuss Radio Version)
UK: CD
- "Stuck" (Album Version)
- "Stuck" (Barry Harris & Chris Cox Club Remix)
- "Until I Find You"
- "Stuck" (Video)
European 2-Track CD
- "Stuck" (Album Version)
- "Bounce Back"
Single covers
Music Video
The music video shows her on and off relationship with through high school with boyfriend played by Trevor Wright.Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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