What is stick?
What is stick?
- A long slender piece of wood, especially:
- A branch or stem cut from a tree or shrub.
- A piece of wood, such as a tree branch, that is used for fuel, cut for lumber, or shaped for a specific purpose.
- A wand, staff, baton, or rod.
- Sports & Games Any of various implements shaped like a rod and used in play: a hockey stick.
- A walking stick; a cane.
- Something slender and often cylindrical in form: a stick of dynamite.
- Slang A marijuana cigarette.
- The control device of an aircraft that operates the elevators and ailerons.
- Informal A stick shift.
- Nautical A mast or a part of a mast.
- Printing A composing stick.
- Printing A stickful.
- A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.
- Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.
- A timber tree.
- Informal A piece of furniture.
- A poke, thrust, or stab with a stick or similar object: a stick in the ribs.
- A threatened penalty: using both a carrot and a stick to keep allies in line.
- The condition or power of adhering: a glue with plenty of stick.
- Informal A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.
- Informal A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.
- Informal A person regarded as stiff, boring, or spiritless.
- Archaic A difficulty or obstacle; a delay.
- To pierce, puncture, or penetrate with a pointed instrument.