stuck
verb
- 1
To become or remain attached; to adhere.
“The tape will not stick if it melts.”
- 2
To jam; to stop moving.
“The lever sticks if you push it too far up.”
- 3
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- 4
To persist.
“His old nickname stuck.”
- 5
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- 6
To remain loyal; to remain firm.
“Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.”
- 7
To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
- 8
To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
- 9
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
- 10
To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
“Stick the label on the jar.”
- 11
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
“Stick your bag over there and come with me.”
- 12
To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
“The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.”
- 13
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
“to stick an apple on a fork”
- 14
To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
- 15
To perform (a landing) perfectly.
“Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.”
- 16
To propagate plants by cuttings.
“Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.”
- 17
(joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- 18
To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
“to stick somebody with a hard problem”
- 19
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
- 20
To have sexual intercourse with.
- 21
To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
adjective
- 1
Unable to move.
“Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.”
- 2
Unable to progress with a task.
“I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.”
- 3
No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
“There are several ways to close a stuck program.”
noun
- 1
A thrust.
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