Definition of: stick

(stik) noun
1. A piece of wood that is long, compared with its cross–section; a stiff shoot or branch cut from a tree or bush and used as a rod, wand, staff, club, etc.; also, sometimes one much bigger: a stick of timber.
2. Brit. A cane.
3. Anything resembling a stick in form: a stick of candy or dynamite.
4. Printing a A composing stick. b As much type as a composing stick will hold: about two inches in depth. c Copy which will fill this space in a newspaper column: also stick′ful′.
5. A piece of wood of any size, cut for fuel, lumber, or timber.
6. Aeron. The control lever of an airplane which operates the elevators and ailerons.
7. A poke, stab, or thrust with a stick or pointed instrument.
8. Archaic A difficulty or obstacle; hesitation; stop.
9. The state of being stuck together; adhesion.
10. In sports, a baseball bat, hockey stick, racing hurdle, etc.
11. A timber tree.
12. Colloq. A stiff, inert, or dull person.
13. Slang Any alcoholic ingredient in an otherwise non–alcoholic drink.
14. A revolver or rifle.
15. Colloq. The mast of a ship.
16. Mil. A group of bombs released consecutively in a straight line crossing the target area.
17. A stalk, as of asparagus.
18. Colloq. A conductor's baton.
—the sticks
1. A timber forest.
2. Colloq. The backwoods; an obscure rural district.
—v. stuck or (for defs. 15, 16) sticked, stick·ing v.t.
1. To pierce, stab, or penetrate with a pin, knife, or other pointed object.
2. To kill or wound by piercing; stab.
3. To thrust or force, as a sword or pin, into or through something else.
4. To force the end of (a nail, etc.) into something so as to be fixed in place: to stick a nail in a wall.
5. To fasten in place with or as with pins, nails, etc.: to stick a ribbon on a dress.
6. To cover with objects piercing the surface: a paper stuck with pins.
7. To fix on a pointed object; impale; transfix.
8. To put or thrust: He stuck his hand into his pocket.
9. To fasten to a surface by or as by an adhesive substance.
10. To bring to a standstill; obstruct; halt: usually in the passive: We were stuck in Rome.
11. Colloq. To smear with something sticky.
12. Colloq. To baffle; puzzle.
13. Slang To impose upon; cheat.
14. Slang To force great expense, an unpleasant task, responsibility, etc., upon.
15. To provide with sticks or brush on which to grow, as a vine.
16. Printing To set or compose (type).
—v.i.
17. To be or become fixed in place by being thrust in: The pins are sticking in the cushion.
18. To become or remain attached by or as by adhesion; adhere; cling.
19. To come to a standstill; become blocked or obstructed; stop; halt.
20. To be baffled or disconcerted.
21. To hesitate; scruple: with at or to.
22. To persist; persevere, as in a task or undertaking: with at or to.
23. To remain firm or resolute; be faithful, as to an ideal or bargain.
24. To be extended; protrude: with from, out, through, up, etc.
—to be stuck on Colloq. To be enamored of.
—to stick around Slang To remain near or near at hand.
—to stick by To remain faithful to; be loyal to.
—to stick it out To persevere to the end.
—to stick up Slang To stop and rob.
—to stick up for Colloq. To take the part of; support; defend. [OE sticca][/OE sticca]