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stick1 [stɪk] N

2. stick Brit inf (severe criticism):

3. stick (a piece of sth):

carrot sticks
celery sticks

5. stick MUS:

6. stick:

stick esp Am AUTO, MECH
gear stick Brit

7. stick pej (remote area):

stick inf
rovte f pl
stick inf
out in the sticks
to up sticks Brit inf

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

1. stick (fix by adhesion):

2. stick fig (attach oneself):

5. stick (endure):

6. stick (persevere):

7. stick (keep within limits):

8. stick (not give up):

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

stick around VB intr inf

stick down VB trans

1. stick (glue):

2. stick inf (write hastily):

II . stick in VB trans inf

1. stick (affix):

2. stick (put into):

I . stick out VB trans

2. stick (endure):

II . stick out VB intr

1. stick (protrude):

2. stick fig (be obvious):

I . stick together VB trans

I . stick up VB trans inf

1. stick (attach):

3. stick (armed robbery):

to stick upsb/sth

II . stick up VB intr

1. stick (protrude, stand on end):

2. stick (defend):

3. stick (support):

ˈcock·tail stick N

ˈgear stick, ˈgear lev·er, ˈgear·shift N

ˈglue stick N

joss stick [ˈʤɒs-] N

ˈshoot·ing stick N

ˈski stick N Brit

ˈstick in·sect N ZOOL

ˈstick-up N esp Am inf

ˈswiz·zle stick N

Usage examples with sticks

to up sticks Brit inf
carrot sticks
celery sticks
out in the sticks

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The crowd became violent when the police began to brandish sticks.
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Police fired tear gas and whacked protesters with sticks.
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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).
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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 nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat.
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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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For example, glow sticks glow due to a chemiluminescent process which is commonly mistaken for phosphorescence.
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Whilst at the crime scene, her children play with a dead body, on which they paint cat whiskers and poke it with sticks.
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The most common ingredients are scallops, peapods, boneless fish fillet, celery sticks, straw mushrooms, calamari, shrimp.
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Includes futuristic touches such as electric bra torment and cattle prod-like sticks.
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