Word: Sticking
How to pronounce: ˈstɪkɪŋ
Noun
Definitions:
1. A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.
Example sentences: "Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers."
2. A long, thin piece of something.
Example sentences: "A stick of dynamite"
3. A threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion)
Example sentences: "Training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick"
4. Rural areas far from cities or civilization.
5. A person of a specified kind.
6. A large quantity of unsold stock, especially the proportion of shares which must be taken up by underwriters after an unsuccessful issue.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something)
Example sentences: "He stuck his fork into the sausage"
2. Insert, thrust, or push.
Example sentences: "A youth with a cigarette stuck behind one ear"
3. Adhere or cling to something.
Example sentences: "The plastic seats stuck to my skin"
4. Be fixed in a particular position or unable to move or be moved.
Example sentences: "Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck"
5. Accept or tolerate (an unpleasant or unwelcome person or situation)
Synonyms:
jutting
sticking out
projecting
protruding
Antonyms:
unstick
Derivations:
stick
sticky
sticker
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Sticking in Other Languages...
Spanish: Pegar
German: Knackpunkt
French: Coller
Italian: Conficcandosi
Turkish: Yapışma
