sticks in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sticks in the English»Serbian Dictionary

stick¹ [stɪk] N

1. stick:

stick (small thin tree branch)

prut m

stick (thin piece of wood)

štap m

2. stick (severe criticism):

to get stick

dobiti zasluženo biti kritikovan

to give sb stick

dati nekome zasluženo kritikovati nekoga

3. stick (a piece of sth):

carrot sticks

štapići šargarepe

celery sticks

struk celera

a stick of chewing gum

komad žvakaće gume

4. stick (used in a certain function):

stick

palica f

hockey/polo stick

palica za hokej/polo

walking stick

štap za (hodanje)

5. stick MUS:

stick

udaraljka f

stick (of a conductor)

dirigentska palica f

6. stick AUTO, mech:

stick

ručica f

gear stick

ručica menjača

7. stick pej inf (remote area):

out in the sticks

u nedođiji

Phrases:

to get the shit-end of the stick Am coll!

izvući deblji kraj

to up sticks Brit inf

dići jedra odseliti se

I.stick² <stuck, stuck> [stɪk] VB intr

1. stick:

stick (fix by adhesion)

zalepiti // lepiti

stick (be fixed)

prilepiti se // lepiti se

this glue won't stick

ovaj lepak ne drži

2. stick fig (attach oneself):

to stick to sb [like a leech]

zakačiti se za nekoga (kao pijavica) inf

3. stick car:

stick (be unable to move) (be unmovable)

zaglaviti se perf

help me up — I'm stuck

pomozi mi - zaglavio sam se

4. stick fig:

stick (unable to continue)

zapeti // zapinjati

stick (unable to leave)

zaglaviti se perf

5. stick (endure):

stick

ostati // ostajati

to stick in sb's mind

ostati u nečijim mislima

6. stick (persevere):

to stick at sth

istrajati u nečemu

7. stick (keep within limits):

to stick to one's budget

držati se predviđenog budžeta

to stick to a diet

držati se dijete

8. stick (not give up):

to stick with traditions

zadržati običaje

9. stick (continue to support, comply with):

to stick by sb

ostati uz nekoga

to stick by sth

ostati dosledan nečemu

I stick by what I said

ostajem pri onome što sam rekao

10. stick inf (need, be at a loss for):

I'm stuck for money at the moment

trenutno sam u škripcu s parama inf

he was stuck for words

ostao je bez reči

Phrases:

to stick to one's guns

ostati pri svome

II.stick² <stuck, stuck> [stɪk] VB trans

1. stick (affix):

stick

prilepiti // lepiti to - na

2. stick inf (put):

stick your things wherever you like

stavi svoje stvari gde hoćeš

to stick one's head around the door

promoliti glavu iza vrata

Phrases:

to stick one's nose into sb's business

zabadati nos gde mu nije mesto

'ski stick N Brit

ski stick

štap m za skijanje

'walk·ing stick N

walking stick (for old people)

štap m

walking stick (for invalids)

štaka f

non-'stick ADJ

non-stick

koji se ne lepi

'glue stick N

glue stick

lepak m u stiku

'cock·tail stick N

cocktail stick

čačkalica f

'stick-up N esp Am inf

stick-up

oružana pljačka f

'shoot·ing stick N

shooting stick

rasklopiva stolica f

I.stick together VB trans

stick together

zalepiti // lepiti

stick together

sastaviti // sastavljati

II.stick together VB intr

1. stick together (adhere):

stick together

prilepiti se // lepiti se

2. stick together fig:

stick together (not separate)

držati se zajedno imperf

stick together (inseparable)

biti nerazdvojni perf i imperf

3. stick together fig:

stick together (remain loyal to each other) (help each other)

ostati // ostajati zajedno

sticks Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

carrot sticks

štapići šargarepe

celery sticks

struk celera

out in the sticks

u nedođiji

to get the shit-end of the stick Am coll!

izvući deblji kraj

to up sticks Brit inf

dići jedra odseliti se

to stick one's head around the door

promoliti glavu iza vrata

to stick one's nose into sb's business

zabadati nos gde mu nije mesto

to prod a horse with a stick

bocnuti konja štapom

sth sticks in sb's gullet

nešto je zapelo u nečijem grlu

to stick together through thick and thin

ostati zajedno i u dobru i u zlu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is a former smoker who now chews gum on a regular, almost ritualized, basis (as seen in the way he unwraps the sticks of gum).

en.wikipedia.org

The dyes used in glow sticks usually exhibit fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet radiationeven a spent glow stick may therefore shine under a black light.

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However, we're not all guaranteed to wear out our first five walking-sticks.

galusaustralis.com

The nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat.

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Several of us were hit by night sticks, trampled by horses, was hit in the head, right here, by the night stick...

time.com

One memory from my flying visit home sticks in my mind.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The crowd became violent when the police began to brandish sticks.

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I was an impressionable twenty-one-year-old guy from the sticks.

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A particular application of toffee is in toffee apples, sometimes called candy apples, which are apples coated with hard toffee mounted on sticks.

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The chedipe may also inflict wounds on the skin and insert sticks in the body of the man, which will burn like fire.

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