Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 7668 6953334 2009-07-07T23:06:03Z Makearney 33798 /* Verb */ making consistent full stop usage {{also|Stick}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|stĭk}}, {{IPA|/stɪk/}}, {{SAMPA|/stIk/}} * {{audio|en-us-stick.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪk}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|stikke||stick, rod, twig|lang=enm}} < {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|sticca||rod, twig|lang=ang}} < {{proto|Germanic|stikkon-|to pierce, to prick|lang=en}} < {{proto|Indo-European|steig-|lang=en}} or {{proto|Indo-European|stig-|to pierce, prick, be sharp|lang=en|title=}}. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A small [[branch]] from a [[tree]] or [[bush]].{{jump|small branch|s|t}} #: ''The nest was made out of '''sticks'''.'' # A relatively long, thin piece of [[wood]], of any size. {{jump|piece of wood|t}} #* {{quote-news|1887|August 23||At Work on the Thistle|The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F06E1DF1530E633A25750C2A96E9C94669FD7CF |passage= It is a fine '''stick''', about 70 feet long.}} #: ''I found several good '''sticks''' in the brush heap.'' # {{US}} A [[two by four]], the standard board used in constructing a [[frame house]]. #: ''I found enough '''sticks''' in dumsters at construction sites to build my shed.'' # Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance. {{jump|cylindrical piece|t}} #: ''Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per '''stick'''.'' #: ''Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular '''stick'''.'' (Also {{US}} ... "available in a ... stick.") # A [[bunch]] of something [[wrap]]ped around or attached to a stick. #: ''He took a '''stick''' of newspapers from the rack at the library.'' #: ''My parents bought us each a '''stick''' of cotton candy.'' # A small rectangular block of [[shortening]] ([[butter]], [[margarine]], [[lard]], etc.) in {{North America}} weighing one quarter pound and containing by volume one half cup. #: ''The recipe calls for half a '''stick''' of butter.'' # A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum. {{jump|stick of gum|t}} #: ''Don’t hog all that gum, give me a '''stick'''!'' # A [[cane]] or [[walking stick]] to aid in [[walk]]ing.{{jump|walking stick|s|t}} #: ''I don’t need my '''stick''' to walk, but it’s helpful.'' # A [[cudgel]] or [[truncheon]], especially one carried by police or guards. #: ''As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their '''sticks'''.'' # A [[negative]] stimulus or a [[punishment]]. #* {{quote-news|1998|January 23||"Judicial activism has ushered in hope"|Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350944.html |passage= What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a '''stick''' to dissuade people from writing or talking about them? }} # {{figurative}} A piece of [[furniture]].{{jump|furniture|u|s}} #: ''We were so poor we didn't have one '''stick''' of furniture.'' #* {{quote-book|1862|[[w:W.M. Thackeray|W.M. Thackeray]]|The Adventures of Philip|edition=printed in ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' Vol. XXV|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M3MCAAAAIAAJ|page=242 |passage=It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little '''sticks''' of furniture.}} # {{colloquial}} A [[manual transmission]] or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission.{{jump|manual transmission|s|t}} #: ''I grew up driving a '''stick''', but many Americans my age didn’t.'' # {{British|uncountable}} [[criticism|Criticism]] or [[ridicule]]. #* {{quote-news|2008|May 3|Chris Roberts|It’s a stroll in the park!|Huddersfield Daily Examiner|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/05/03/it-s-a-stroll-in-the-park-86081-20855936/ |passage=I got some '''stick''' personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots.}} # {{South Africa}} A line of [[soldier]]s. #* {{quote-book|2007|Bart Wolffe|Persona Non Grata|page=245|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5EanTB6yyI8C|isbn=1430304774 |passage=I remember when we dreaded the rain, as our '''stick''' of soldiers walked through the damp, tick-infested long grass of the Zambezi valley, {{...}} }} # {{computing}} A [[memory stick]]. #* {{quote-news|2007|May 1|Alex Fethiere|Tech front: Alex Fethiere takes eleven notable portables for a high-tech test-drive|Business Traveler|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33219686_ITM |passage= For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a '''stick''' as images.}} # {{sports}} A long thin implement used to control a ball or [[puck]] in sports like [[hockey]], [[polo]], and [[lacrosse]]. {{jump|hockey stick|t}} #: ''Tripping with the '''stick''' is a viiolation of the rules.'' # {{horse racing}} The short [[whip]] carried by a [[jockey]]. # {{context|boardsports}} A [[board]] as used in board sports, such as a [[surfboard]], [[snowboard]], or [[skateboard]]. #* '''2005''', surf.co.nz [http://www.surf.co.nz/school/], #*: Wax your '''stick''' and head down to that spot. # {{golf}} The [[pole]] bearing a small flag that marks the hole. {{jump|hole pole|s}} #: ''His wedge shot bounced off the '''stick''' and went in the hole.'' # {{sports|uncountable}} #: Golf (1): The long-range driving ability of a [[golf club]]. #: Golf (2): {{golf}} {{quote-book|1988|William Hallberg|The Rub of the Green|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=m7RaAAAAMAAJ|page=219 |passage=I doubted that the three iron was enough '''stick'''.}} #: Baseball (1): The potential hitting power of a specific [[bat]]. #: Baseball (2): General hitting ability. #:* {{quote-news|2002|May 19|Mike Lupica|Just Need A Little Mo|New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2002/05/19/2002-05-19_just_need_a_little_mo.html |passage= Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough '''stick''' to win.}} #: Hockey: The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it. # {{context|magic}} An assistant [[plant#Verb|plant]]ed in the audience.{{jump|magician's assistant|s}} #* {{quote-book|2001|Paul Quarrington|The Spirit Cabinet|page=255|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bfk-nU-bJkgC|isbn= |passage=The kid was a '''stick''', a plant, a student from UNLV who picked up a few bucks nightly by saying the words "seven of hearts."}} # {{dated|metal typesetting}} A [[composing stick]], the tool used by [[compositor]]s to assemble lines of type. #* {{quote-book|1854|Thomas Ford|The Compositor's Handbook|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qJIDAAAAQAAJ|page=125 |passage={{...}} although the headings may often be in other type, still, as these are composed in the same '''stick''', they cannot fail to justify; {{...}} }} # {{aviation}} The control column of an [[aircraft]]. {{jump|aircraft control column|t}} By convention a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to that used in automobiles, is also called the "stick". # {{aviation|uncountable}} Use of the stick to control the aircraft. #* {{quote-book|1941|Jay D. Blaufox|33 Lessons in Flying|page=47 |passage=For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much '''stick''' and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip. }} # {{military|_|aviation}} A [[fighter]] pilot. #* {{quote-book|2001|John Darrell Sherwood|Fast Movers: America's Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience|page=30|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=agQyH1y_4q4C|isbn=0312979622 |passage=Bill Kirk, described by Robin as a "hell of a '''stick'''," didn't even attend college until after the Vietnam War. }} # {{carpentry}} The vertical member of a [[cope-and-stick]] joint. #* {{quote-book|1997|Joseph Beals|Doors|chapter=Building Interior Doors|publisher=Taunton Press|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pnqqL6c3Zp4C|page=82|isbn=1561582042 |passage=When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the '''sticks'''.}} # {{military|dated}} A [[cluster]] of [[bomb]]s dropped in quick [[succession]] from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area.{{jump|cluster of bombs|s}} #* {{quote-book|2006|[[w:Farley Mowat|Farley Mowat]]|Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=of4lqiSlYg8C|isbn=0811733386|page=200 |passage=A '''stick''' of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses.}} # {{military}} A group of [[paratrooper]]s who jump together. #* {{quote-book|2006|Holly Aho|From Here to There|page=48|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zRSh5jdFpkUC|isbn=1411675401 |passage=James and I were in the same '''stick''' of five guys going through free fall school last September.}} # {{archaic}} A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick. #* {{quote-book|1611||The Bible|edition=[[w:Authorized King James Version|King James Version]]|section=Ezekiel 37:16 |passage=Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one '''stick''', and write upon it {{...}} }} # {{archaic|rare}} A quantity of [[eel]]s, usually 25. {{jump|measure of eels|s}} #* {{quote-book|1866|James Edwin Thorold Rogers|A History of Agriculture and Prices in England|section=Volume 1|page=171|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZmNaZfbq5tIC|isbn=140217120X |passage=The '''stick''' is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five. }} #* {{quote-book|1999|Claire Breay|The Cartulary of Chatteris Abbey|page=62|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RRtWubS24-YC|isbn=0851157505 |passage=In the same charter, Nigel granted another 10 '''sticks''' of eels yielded by the fishery of Polwere to the abbey {{...}} }} # {{obsolete}} An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 [[inch]]es. #* {{quote-book|1921|[[w:Elmer Davis|Elmer Davis]]|History of the New York Times, 1851-1921|page=61|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bws3AAAAIAAJ |passage=There was another speech in that day's news — a speech which The Times printed on the front page because it was part of a front-page story, and in full — it was only two '''sticks''' long; printed in full just after the much longer invocation by the officiating clergyman {{...}} }} # {{slang|uncountable}} [[corporal punishment|Corporal punishment]]; [[beating]]s. #* {{quote-book|1999|Eve McDougall|A Wicked Fist|page=69|isbn=190155709X|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8c26i6lLqsQC |passage=The child killers got some '''stick'''. I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.}} # {{slang}} Vigorous [[drive|driving]] of a car; [[gas]]. #* {{quote-book|2006|Martyn J. Pass & Dani Pass|Waiting for Red|page=163|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CaGJb0A_alsC|isbn=1905237553 |passage=Skunk really gave it some '''stick''' all the way to Caliban's place, we passed a good few Coppers but they all seemed to turn the blind eye.}} # {{slang}} [[vigor|Vigor]]; [[spirit]]. #* {{quote-book|1979|Don Bannister|Sam Chard|page=185|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jKw9AAAAIAAJ|isbn=071000219X |passage='Choir gave it some '''stick''' on "Unto Us a Son is Born."' ¶ Cynthia nodded. ¶ 'It was always one of Russell's favourites. He makes them try hard on that.' }} # {{slang}} A [[thin]] person; particularly a [[flat-chested]] woman. #* {{quote-book|1967|Cecelia Holland|Rakóssy|page=39|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WuZCAAAAIAAJ |passage="She's a '''stick''', this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment."}} # {{slang}} An unsocial person, particularly one who is either [[withdrawn]] or [[stuck-up]]. #* {{quote-book|1925|Lynn Montross|East of Eden|page=37|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u_1EAAAAIAAJ |passage=Ida's such a '''stick'''; she never goes anywhere. }} # {{slang|dated}} A [[person]] having the stated quality. #* {{quote-book|1967|[[w:Maurice Shadbolt|Maurice Shadbolt]]|The Presence of Music: Three Novellas|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EDU_AAAAIAAJ|page=54 |passage=Your father's a great old '''stick'''. He's really been very good to me.}} # {{slang}} A cigarette of [[tobacco]] or [[marijuana]]. {{jump|marijuana cigarette|s}} # {{rfv-sense}} {{Australia|slang}} Approximately one gram of [[marijuana]] wrapped in a small cylinder of [[aluminium foil]]. #* {{quote-book|1961|Carmelo Soraci|The Convict and the Stained Glass Windows|page=230|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pwUyAAAAIAAJ |passage= {{...}} and how they'd give anything to have a fix or puff on a '''stick''' of dope. }} # {{jazz|slang}} The [[clarinet]]. {{jump|clarinet|s}} #* {{quote-book|1948|[[w:Fred Ramsey|Frederic Ramsey, Jr.]]|Jazz Parody: Anthology of Jazz Fiction|chapter=Deep Sea Rider|editor=Charles Harvey |passage=Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that '''stick''', man?}} # {{US slang|uncountable}} The [[cue]] used in [[billiards]], [[pool]], [[snooker]], etc. #: ''His [[stroke]] with that two-piece '''stick''' is a good as anybody's in the club.'' # {{US slang|uncountable}} The game of [[pool]], or an individual pool game. #: ''He shoots a mean '''stick''' of pool.'' #* {{quote-book|2003|[[w:Lew Bryson|Lew Bryson]]|New York Breweries|page=74|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Slbz8kE-QfoC|isbn=081172817X|passage=Come in, have a good time, drink some beer, shoot some '''stick''', listen to some music.}} =====Usage notes===== * {{jump|u|furniture|s}} Generally used in the negative, or in contexts expressive of poverty or lack. =====Synonyms===== * {{jump|s|small branch|t}} [[branch]], [[twig]]; [[kindling]], [[brush]] {{qualifier|uncountable}} * {{jump|s|two by four}} [[two by four]] * {{jump|s|walking stick|t}} [[cane]], [[walking stick]] * {{jump|s|manual transmission|t}} [[stickshift]]; [[gearstick]] * {{jump|s|magician's assistant}} [[plant]], [[shill]] * {{jump|s|furniture|u}} [[piece]], [[item]] * {{jump|s|hole pole}} [[pin]], [[flagstick]] * {{jump|s|cluster of bombs}} [[train]] * {{jump|s|clarinet}} [[licorice stick]] * {{jump|s|measure of eels}} [[stich]], [[broach]] * {{jump|s|marijuana cigarette}} [[joint]], [[reefer]] =====Derived terms===== ''Note: Terms derived from the verb are found [[#Derived_terms_2|further below]].'' {{rel-top3|Terms derived from the noun "stick"}} * [[Stick|Chapman Stick]] * [[chopstick]] * [[clue stick]] * [[composing stick]] * [[dipstick]] * [[drumstick]] * [[give stick]] * [[glue stick]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[high-stick]]/[[high-sticking]] * [[hockey stick]] * [[in the sticks]] * [[it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog]] * [[joystick]] * [[lipstick]] * [[memory stick]] * [[nightstick]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[old stick]] * [[stick deodorant]] * [[stick in the mud]] * [[stick shaker]] * [[stickshift]] * [[walking stick]] * [[yardstick]] {{rel-bottom}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top|twig or small branch {{jump|t|small branch|s}} }} * Albanian: {{t|sq|degë|f|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[غصين|غُصَيْن]]}} (ğuṣéin) {{m}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|փայտ|tr=p'ayt|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * {{trreq|Basque}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пръчка|f|tr=prəčka|sc=Cyrl}} * CJKV Characters: [[棒]] (bàng) * Czech: {{t-|cs|klacek|m}} * Danish: [[pind]] {{c}}, [[kvist]] {{c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|tak|m}}, {{t+|nl|takje|n}} * {{trreq|Esperanto}} * {{trreq|Estonian}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|risu}}, {{t+|fi|oksa}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ტოტი|tr=toti|xs=Georgian}}, {{t|ka|წნელი|tr=ts‘neli|xs=Georgian}}, {{t|ka|წკეპლა|tr=ts‘kepla|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Stock|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|βέργα|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|κλαρί|n|tr=klarí|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[מקל|מַקֵל]] (makél) {{m}} * {{trreq|Hindi}} * {{trreq|Icelandic}} {{trans-mid}} * {{trreq|Indonesian}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|maide|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|craobh|f|xs=Irish}} (shoilire) * Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[چیلکه‌دار]]}} * {{trreq|Latvian}} * {{trreq|Lithuanian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|ластегарка|f|tr=lastégarka|sc=Cyrl}} * {{trreq|Mongolian}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|kvist|m}} * {{trreq|Old English}} * {{trreq|Persian}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|graveto|m}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|nuia|f}}, {{t-|ro|creangă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|прут|m|tr=prut|sc=Cyrl}} * {{trreq|Slovene}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|ramita|f}}, {{t-|es|astilla|f}} * {{trreq|Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|kvist|c}}, {{t+|sv|pinne|c}}, {{t+|sv|gren|c}} * Thai: {{Thai|[[แขนง]]}} (kàenong), {{Thai|[[กิ่ง]]}} (gìng) * {{trreq|Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|long piece of wood {{jump|t|piece of wood}} }} * Albanian: {{t|sq|shkop|m|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[عصا|عَصًا]]}} (ʕáṣan) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عُصِيّ]]}} (ʕúṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عِصِيّ]]}} (ʕíṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[اعص|أعْصٍ]]}} (’áʕṣin) {{p}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|փայտ|tr=p'ayt|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пръчка|f|tr=prəčka|sc=Cyrl}} * Chinese: [[棍]] (gùn) * Danish: [[kæp]] {{c}}, [[pind]] {{c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|stok|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|keppi}}, {{t-|fi|tikku}} * French: {{t+|fr|bâton|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Stab|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|ραβδί|n|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|βέργα|f|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[מקל|מַקֵל]] (makél) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bot}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|maide|m|xs=Irish}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|bastone}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[막대기]] (makdaegi) * Kurdish: {{t-|ku|دار|sc=ku-Arab}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|стап|m|tr=stap|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|прачка|f|tr=práčka|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[വടി]] (vati) * Norwegian: {{t-|no|kjepp|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pau|m}}, {{t+|pt|vara|f}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|băţ|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|палка|f|tr=pálka|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sicilian]]: {{t|scn|bastuni|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|palo|m}} * Swedish: [[käpp]] {{c}}, [[stav]] {{c}}, [[stör]] {{c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|чӯб|tr=čūb|sc=Cyrl}} * Ukrainian: [[палиця]] (palýtsja) {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc) {{jump|t|cylindrical piece}} }} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[اصبع|إصْبَع]]}} (’íṣbaʕ) {{m}} * Bulgarian: [[бастун]] (bastún) {{m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|stav|c}}, {{t-|da|stok|c}}, {{t-|da|stang|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|stok|m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|puikko}}, {{t-|fi|patukka}}, {{t-|fi|tikku}} * German: {{t+|de|Stock|m}} * Greek: [[ράβδος]] (rávthos) {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Hebrew: [[מקל|מַקֵל]] (makél) {{m}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|スティック|tr=suthikku|sc=Jpan}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bastão|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|barra|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|stav|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|baston}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|cane or walking stick {{jump|t|walking stick}} }} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[عصا|عَصًا]]}} (ʕáṣan) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عُصِيّ]]}} (ʕúṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عِصِيّ]]}} (ʕíṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[اعص|أعْصٍ]]}} (’áʕṣin) {{p}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|ձեռնափայտ|tr=jeṙnap'ayt|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bulgarian: [[бастун]] (bastún) {{m}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|aki's̈ho}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|hůl|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|stok|c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|keppi}}, {{t+|fi|kävelykeppi}} * French: {{t+|fr|canne|f}} * Greek: {{t|el|ραβδί|n|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|μπαστούνι|n|tr=bastoúni|sc=Grek}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bot}}, {{t+|hu|pálca}} * Indonesian: [[tongkat]] {{trans-mid}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|bata|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t-|ga|maide|m|xs=Irish}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|ステッキ |tr=sutékki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|杖|tr=tsue|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[گۆچان]]}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|бастун|m|tr=bástun|sc=Cyrl}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|stokk|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bengala|f}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|baston|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|трость|f|tr=trost’|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|посох|m|tr=pósox|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|клюка|f|tr=kl'uká|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|bastón|m}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|käpp|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|baston}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|hockey stick {{jump|t|hockey stick}} }} * Czech: {{t+|cs|hůl|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|stav|c}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|jääkiekkomaila}}, {{t+|fi|maila}} * French: {{t+|fr|crosse|f}} * Greek: {{t+|el|μπαστούνι|n|tr=bastoúni|sc=Grek}} * Irish: {{t|ga|camán|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t|ga|maide haca|m|xs=Irish}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|スティック|tr=suthikku|sc=Jpan}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|hockeykølle|m}} * Russian: {{t|ru|клюшка|f|tr=kl'úška|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t|es|palo de hockey|m}} * Swedish: [[hockeyklubba]] {{c}}, [[klubba]] {{c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|gearstick, stickshift {{jump|t|manual transmission|s}} }} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[عصا|عَصًا]]}} (ʕáṣan) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عُصِيّ]]}} (ʕúṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[عصي|عِصِيّ]]}} (ʕíṣi) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[اعص|أعْصٍ]]}} (’áʕṣin) {{p}}; {{Arab|[[عود|عُود]]}} (ʕūd) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[اعواد|أعْوَاد]]}} (’aʕwād) {{p}}; {{Arab|[[عكاز|عُكّاز]]}} (ʕukkāz) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[عكازات|عُكّازَات]]}} (ʕukkazāt) {{p}}, {{Arab|[[عكاكيز|عَكَاكِيزُ]]}} (ʕakakīzu) {{p}}; {{Arab|[[ذراع|ذِرَاع]]}} (ðirāʕ) {{m}} * Danish: [[gearstang]] {{c}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|vaihdekeppi}} * Greek: {{t|el|μοχλός|m|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|マニュアル|tr=manyuaru|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[گێڕ]]}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|менувач|m|tr=ménuvač|sc=Cyrl}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|girspak|m}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|alavanca de câmbio}} * Spanish: {{t|es|palanca de cambios|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|chewing gum {{jump|t|stick of gum}} }} * Finnish: [[pala]] (''small rectangular''), [[levy]] (''long and thin'') {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[بنێشت]]}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|control column of an aircraft {{jump|t|aircraft control column}} }} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|ohjaussauva}} * Greek: {{t|el|μοχλός|m|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|操縦桿|tr=sōjyūkan|sc=Jpan}} * Spanish: {{t|es|palanca de mando|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Chinese Characters}}: [[棒]] (bàng) * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[棍子]] (gùnzi) * {{ttbc|Croatian}}: [[palica]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[twijg]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[bastone]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[막대기]] (makdaegi), [[지팡이]] (jipang-i) * {{ttbc|Latin}}: [[baculum]] {{n}}, [[virga]] {{f}}, [[fustis]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Polish}}: [[patyk]], [[pręt]], [[pałka]], [[laska]] (4) * {{ttbc|Serbian}}: [[палица]] ([[palica]]) {{f}} * {{ttbc|Slovak}}: [[palica]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[కర్ర]] (karra) * {{ttbc|Turkish}}: [[baston]] {{trans-bottom}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # To [[strike]] someone with a [[stick]] # {{carpentry}} To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a [[cope-and-stick]] joint. ===Etymology 2=== From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|stiken||to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened|lang=enm}} < {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|stician||to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened|lang=ang}} < {{proto|Germanic|stik-|to pierce, prick, be sharp|lang=en}} < {{proto|Indo-European|steig-|lang=en}} or {{proto|Indo-European|stig-|to pierce, prick, be sharp|lang=en|title=}}. ====Noun==== {{en-noun|-}} # {{auto racing}} The [[traction]] of tires on the road surface. # {{fishing|uncountable}} The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a [[cast]]; [[line stick]]. #* {{quote-book|2004|Simon Gawesworth|Spey Casting|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mTasJXNIBsgC|isbn=0811701042|page=47 |passage=Problem: A lot of '''stick''' and a lack of energy on the forward stroke. }} ====Verb==== {{en-verb|sticks|sticking|stuck}} # {{transitive}} To [[glue]]; to [[adhere]]. #: '''''Stick''' the label on the jar.'' # {{intransitive}} To become [[attached]]; to [[adhere]]. #: ''The tape will not '''stick''' if it melts.'' # {{intransitive}} To [[jam]]; to stop moving. #: ''The lever '''sticks''' if you push it too far up.'' # {{intransitive}} See ''to [[stick with]]''. # {{intransitive}} To [[persist]]. #: ''His old nickname '''stuck'''.'' # {{intransitive}} To [[remain]] [[loyal]]; to remain [[firm]]. #: ''Just '''stick''' to your strategy, and you will win.'' #* {{quote-book|title=Smotherhood: Wickedly Funny Confessions from the Early Years|author=Amanda Lamb|year=2007|passage=What I get from work makes me a better mother, and what I get from being a mother makes me a better journalist. At least that's my story and I'm '''sticking''' to it.}} # {{transitive}} To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). #: '''''Stick''' your bag over there and come with me.'' # {{transitive}} To press into with a sharp point. #: ''The balloon will pop when I '''stick''' this pin in it.'' # {{transitive|gymnastics}} To perform (a landing) perfectly. #: ''Once again, the world champion '''sticks''' the dismount.'' # {{transitive}} To [[propagate]] plants by [[cutting]]s. #: '''''Stick''' cuttings from geraniums promptly.'' =====Derived terms===== ''Note: Terms derived from the noun are found [[#Derived terms|above]].'' * [[sticker]] * [[sticktoitiveness]] * [[sticky]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|to glue; to adhere (''transitive'')}} * [[Breton]]: [[pegañ]] * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лепя|tr=lepja|sc=Cyrl}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|kleven}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|liimata}} * French: {{t+|fr|coller}} * German: {{t+|de|kleben}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|ragasztani}} * Indonesian: {{t-|id|tempel|alt=menempel|xs=Indonesian}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|貼る|tr=haru|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[نوساندن]]}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|grudar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|lipi}}, {{t+|ro|agăţa}} * Russian: {{t|ru|приклеивать|tr=prikl'éivat’|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|приклеить|tr=prikl'éit’|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|pegar}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|fästa}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to become attached; to adhere''' (''intransitive'')}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|lepit}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|kleven}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tarttua}}, {{t-|fi|kiinnittyä}} * German: {{t+|de|kleben}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|ragadni}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|се залепува|tr=se zalépuva|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|се прилепува|tr=se prilépuva|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|colar}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|приклеиваться|tr=prikl'éivat’s'a|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|приклеиться|tr=prikl'éit’s'a|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}}; {{t|ru|прилипать|tr=prilipát’|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|прилипнуть|tr=prilípnut’|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|pegarse}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|fastna}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|yapışmak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to jam}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|заяждам|tr=zajaždam|sc=Cyrl}} * Dutch: [[blijven steken]] * Finnish: [[juuttua]], [[takertua]] * German: [[steckenbleiben]], [[stocken]] * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|заглавува|tr=zaglávuva|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|emperrar}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|застревать|tr=zastr'evát’|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|застрять|tr=zastr'át’|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}}; {{t|ru|защемлять|tr=zaš'eml'át’|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t|ru|защемить|tr=zaš'említ’|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|atascarse}} * Swedish: [[fastna]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|to stick with|[[stick with]]}} {{trans-top|to persist}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tarttua}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|つきまとう|tr=tsuki-matou|sc=Jpan}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to remain loyal or firm}} * Bulgarian: [[запазвам се]] (zapazvam se) * Dutch: {{t-|nl|neergooien}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pysyä}}, {{t|fi|pitäytyä}}, {{t+|fi|pitää kiinni}} * German: [[dabeibleiben]] {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|ficar enfiado}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|permanecer}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|bağlı kalmak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to place}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мятам|tr=mjatam|sc=Cyrl}} * Dutch: [[stekken]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|laittaa}}, {{t+|fi|panna}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|置く|tr=oku|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|enfiar}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|poner}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} * Swedish: [[ställ]], [[sätt]], [[placera]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to press into}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pistää}} * German: {{t+|de|stecken}}, {{t+|de|stechen}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|刺す|tr=sásu|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[چه‌قاندن]]}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|забодува|tr=zabóduva|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cravar}} * Russian: [[вкалывать]] (vkályvat’), [[втыкать]] (vtykát’) * Spanish: {{t-|es|clavar}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|batırmak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to perform (a landing) perfectly}} * Finnish: [[tehdä]] [[hyvä]] [[alastulo]] {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to propagate plants by cuttings}} * Finnish: [[lisätä]] [[istukas|istukkaista]] {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kijiti}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[bijblijven]], [[blijven hangen]] {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Kurdish}}: {{ku-Arab|[[مانان]]}} * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: {{t-|pt|ficar enfiado}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: {{t-|es|seguir de cerca}} {{checktrans-bottom}} =====See also===== {{top2}} * [[stick in one's craw]] * [[stick one's neck out]] * [[stick one's oar in]] * [[stick out like a sore thumb]] {{mid2}} * [[stick-sling]] * [[stick-up]] * [[stick up for]] * [[stuck up]] {{bottom2}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:English ergative verbs]] ---- ==Swedish== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Sv-stick.ogg|audio}} ===Noun=== '''stick''' {{n}} ({{p}} [[stick]], ''def sg'' [[sticket]], ''def pl'' [[sticken]]) # [[sting]]; bite from an insect # {{card games|lang=sv}} [[trick]] ===Verb=== '''stick''' # ''Imperative of'' [[sticka#verb|sticka]]: [[disappear]]! # ''Imperative of'' [[sticka#verb|sticka]]: [[sting]] (to be bitten by an insect) [[Category:Automotive]] [[ar:stick]] [[ca:stick]] [[et:stick]] [[el:stick]] [[es:stick]] [[fa:stick]] [[fr:stick]] [[gl:stick]] [[ko:stick]] [[io:stick]] [[id:stick]] [[it:stick]] [[kk:stick]] [[sw:stick]] [[ku:stick]] [[lo:stick]] [[hu:stick]] [[nl:stick]] [[oc:stick]] [[pl:stick]] [[ru:stick]] [[simple:stick]] [[fi:stick]] [[sv:stick]] [[ta:stick]] [[te:stick]] [[tr:stick]] [[uk:stick]] [[vi:stick]] [[zh:stick]]