Stick

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. 1.2 a relatively long and slender piece of wood. 1.3 a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc. 1.4 a rod or wand. 1.5 a baton. 1.6 Chiefly British . a walking stick or cane. 1.7 a club or cudgel. 1.8 something that serves to goad or coerce 1.9 a long, slender piece or part of anything 1.10 any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine. 1.11 Sports . an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick. 1.12 Aeronautics . a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled. 1.13 Nautical . a mast or spar. 1.14 Printing . composing stick. 1.15 the sticks, Informal . any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country 1.16 Military . 1.17 Informal . stick shift. 1.18 Slang . a marijuana cigarette. 1.19 Informal . an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person. 1.20 Informal . a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to furnish (a plant, vine, etc.) with a stick or sticks in order to prop or support. 2.2 Printing . to set (type) in a composing stick. ? 3 Idiom 3.1 short or dirty end of the stick, Slang . the least desirable assignment, decision 4 Antonyms 4.1 verb 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun 5.2 verb 5.3 phrasal verb

Noun

a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.

a relatively long and slender piece of wood.

a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc.

a rod or wand.

a baton.

Chiefly British . a walking stick or cane.

a club or cudgel.

something that serves to goad or coerce

The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime. Compare carrot def. 3

a long, slender piece or part of anything

a stick of candy; sticks of celery.

any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine.

Sports . an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick.

Aeronautics . a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled.

Nautical . a mast or spar.

Printing . composing stick.

the sticks, Informal . any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country

Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks.

Military .

a group of bombs so arranged as to be released in a row across a target.

the bomb load.

Informal . stick shift.

Slang . a marijuana cigarette.

Informal . an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person.

Informal . a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink.

Verb (used with object)

to furnish (a plant, vine, etc.) with a stick or sticks in order to prop or support.

Printing . to set (type) in a composing stick. ?

Idiom

short or dirty end of the stick, Slang . the least desirable assignment, decision

or part of an arrangement.

Antonyms

verb

loosen , unfasten , unfix , unstick , displace , remove , disobey , forget , refuse

Synonyms

noun

bar , bat , baton , billet , birch , bludgeon , board , branch , cane , club , cudgel , drumstick , ferrule , ingot , mast , rod , rule , ruler , shoot , slab , slat , staff , stake , stalk , stave , stem , strip , switch , timber , twig , wand , wedge , walking stick , bloom , shaft , adherence , agglutination , batlet , boomerang , conglutination , fagot , ferule , gad , gambrel , garrot , glutinosity , goad , maul-stick , mucilage , pl. chatwood , resin , skewer , sprag , stab , stickiness , tenacity , thrust , viscosity , walking-stick , woomerah

verb

attach , be bogged down , become embedded , become immobilized , bind , bond , braze , catch , cement , clasp , cleave , cling , cling like ivy , clog , cohere , fasten , fix , freeze to , fuse , glue , hold , hold fast , hold on , hug , jam , join , linger , lodge , paste , persist , remain , snag , solder , stay , stay put , stick like barnacle , stick together , unite , weld , dig , drive , gore , impale , insert , jab , penetrate , pierce , pin , plunge , prod , puncture , ram , run , sink , spear , stab , thrust , transfix , deposit , drop , establish , install , place , plant , plonk , plunk , put , set , settle , store , stuff , abide , bear , bear up under , brook , get on with , go , grin and bear it , last , put up with , see through , stand , stomach * , suffer , support , take , take it , tolerate , weather , adhere , lay , confound , foist , inflict , saddle , bilk , cozen , defraud , gull , mulct , rook , swindle , victimize , affix , agglutinate , cheat , conglutinate , disconcert , glutinate , hesitate , infix , jut , pose , project , protrude. (slang) impose upon , push , puzzle , scruple , stall , stick out

phrasal verb

abide , bide , linger , stay , tarry , wait , bag , balloon , beetle , belly , jut , overhang , pouch , project , protrude , protuberate , stand out , hold up