Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory. By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall. I am not informed further; but inasmuch as you are living on the place, my advice is that you stick right there, and hold it.
The last time I tried it, I caught the end of my stick between two rocks and it broke. In addition to the idioms beginning with stick. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! Chiefly British. Compare carrot def. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Idioms about stick. Words nearby stick sticharion , stichic , stichometry , stichomythia , -stichous , stick , stick around , stick at , stick-at-it-ive , stickball , stick-built.
Chiefly British Informal. Slang : Often Vulgar. Verb Phrases. Outsets and onsets! B1 [ C ] a thin piece of wood or other material :. The old man was carrying a load of sticks. Police said that the child had been beaten with a stick. Find some dry sticks and we'll make a campfire. A lollipop is a sweet on a stick. B1 [ C ] mainly UK. At 84 he's still quite active , although he walks with the aid of a stick. B1 [ C ] a long , thin piece of wood used in playing various sports :.
Do you drive a stick? When they got married , they didn't have a stick of furniture. He said that when he was a boy , his father used to take a stick to him to punish him. He managed to fend off his attackers with a stick.
The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick. The ball deflected off my hockey stick, straight into the goal.
Poles, rods, shafts and sticks. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hockey. Patterns and shapes. Hitting and beating. We gave him some stick for wearing that silly hat. I'm sick of living in the sticks. They live out in the sticks somewhere. Idioms a stick to beat sb with. B1 [ I or T ] to cause something to become fixed , for example with glue or another similar substance :. He stuck up an announcement on the board with pins.
This glue won't stick. My car's stuck in the mud. Stir the sauce so that it doesn't stick to the pan. My book got wet and all the pages have stuck together. See also non-stick. Although her name is Clare, her little sister called her Lali, and somehow the name stuck. She licked the stamps and stuck them on the parcel. I stuck a 50p stamp on the envelope. Helga stuck her posters up with Blu-Tack. I stuck the notice up on the board. The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast. She stuck her fingers in her ears so that she couldn't hear the noise.
I'll pay for lunch - I can stick it on my expenses. I'll just stick my bag down. Test your vocabulary with our question quiz! Love words? Need even more definitions? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms The same, but different. Merriam-Webster's Words of the Week - Nov.
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