verb
He stuck the wild boar with his spear
Stick another ice cube in my drink, would you?
She stuck her head out of the window to get a better look. Stop sticking your finger in my ribs!
What shall we used to stick the poster to the wall? How can I stick the pieces of the vase together again?
I cannot make these parts stick together
The prosecutor was unable to make a charge of murder stick
Something sticks in my mind about your leaving next week. We were stuck in the Sunday traffic for hours. The wheel is stuck in the sand
We stuck Tony with the nasty job of changing the tyre
I was totally stuck for a solution
I can't stick people watching me while I am painting
Can you stick around for a few minutes after the meeting?
Barnes sticks at nothing to get his way
Arnold will stick by you, come what may
It was a very hard job, but I stuck it out to the very end
Stick out your tongue. What is sticking out of your ear? Balconies stick out from all sides of the building
The family always sticks together at times of crisis. b See 5, above
A person must stick up for what he thinks is right
Stick with me, kid, and you'll wear diamonds. I'll stick with the smoked eel as a starter
stick up
They stuck up a bank courier this morning, in broad daylight
We went round town sticking up posters for our candidate
noun
We put a stick in the ground to mark the place
Desmond isn't such a bad old stick after all
He hates the city and now lives somewhere in the sticks
When it comes to understanding a regulation, Ed always seems to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
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