Stick

  • 111stick — n 1. a joint, reefer (cannabis cigarette). A term which was fairly widespread among smokers of the drug (beatniks, prisoners, etc.) until the mid 1960s, when joint and spliff largely supplanted it. 2. British chastisement, physical or ver bal… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 112stick at — PHRASAL VERB If you stick at a task or activity, you continue doing it, even if it is difficult. [V P n] You will find it hard at first, but stick at it... [V P n] He became more and more irritated by her inability to stick at anything …

    English dictionary

  • 113stick by — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you stick by someone, you continue to give them help or support. [V P n] ...friends who stuck by me during the difficult times as Council Leader... [V P n] She d stuck by Bob through thick and thin. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you stick …

    English dictionary

  • 114stick up —    to rob with a threat of, or actual, violence    From the command to stick up your hands rather than the use of a stick5. A stick up is such a robbery:     You ll hold me up, I suppose? ... I m a stick up artist now, am I? (Chandler, 1939) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 115stick-on — adjective (only before noun) stick on material has a sticky substance on its back so that you can stick it on to something: stick on sequins …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 116stick — Noun. 1. Hassle, excessive criticism, trouble. E.g. Keep giving him stick and he ll pack his bags and leave. 2. Effort. E.g. Go on, give it some stick. Verb. Suffer, tolerate, abide. E.g. I can t stick that sarcastic humour of his. Informal …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 117stick-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stick up : singular stick up plural stick ups mainly American informal an occasion when someone tries to steal money from a bank, shop etc by threatening people with a gun …

    English dictionary

  • 118stick — (stk)    1. an informal unit used to measure butter. In the United States, butter is usually sold in 1 pound packages containing 4 sticks; thus 1 stick equals 1/4 pound (roughly 113 grams). On the other hand, 1 stick is also considered equal to… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 119stick — See: CARROT AND STICK, MORE THAN ONE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 120stick — See: CARROT AND STICK, MORE THAN ONE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

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