stuck

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈstʌk/

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• Rhymes: -ʌk

Adjective

stuck

1. Trapped and unable to move.

   Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck.

   Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck.

2. Unable to progress.

   I'm stuck on this question in the test.

Derived terms

• get stuck
• stuck on

Translations

trapped and unable to move

Chinese: 卡 (kǎ) Finnish: jumissa (fi)

Italian: intrappolato (it), bloccato (it) Spanish: atascado (es), atrapado (es), pegado (es)

unable to progress

Finnish: jumissa (fi) Italian: ostruito (it), bloccato (it), inceppato (it)

Spanish: atascado (es)

Verb

stuck

1. Simple past tense and past participle of stick.

Translations

simple past tense and past participle of stick

Dutch: (simple past) kleefde (nl), kleefden (nl), (past participle) gekleefd (nl)

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