stick in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for stick in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stick1 [Am stɪk, Brit stɪk] N

1. stick C:

stick (of wood)
stick (of wood)
stick (twig)
stick (for fire)
to be in a cleft stick
to get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick inf
to get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick inf

See also up

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

3. stick (put, place):

stick inf
stick my name (down) on the list
stick it in the oven
stick it there! Am
stick it there! Am
to stick it to sb Am inf (castigate)
to stick it to sb (swindle)

stick-on [Am ˈstɪkɑn, Brit ˈstɪkɒn] ADJ

swizzle stick [Am ˈswɪzəl stɪk, Brit ˈswɪzlstɪk] N

2. walking stick Am → stick insect

See also stick insect

stick in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stick in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stick Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to stick to sb like a leech
not to do a stick of work
to stick a hat on one's head
go and stick it up your arse Brit [or ass Am] !
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He took a trainer's white towel and held it on a hockey stick, as if to wave a white flag.
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A more advanced shootout mode allows you to pull out very advanced moves on the new and improved skill stick.
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To her discontent, the brush-applied strokes did nt stick on the support the way she expected.
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The latter is a backseat driver, and the former is clearly a terror behind the stick.
www.wired.com
But the refugee acted quickly, shoulder-charging and tackling the would-be stick-up artist.
www.independent.co.uk
The earliest reference to a flat-faced bat (i.e., with a flat surface at the bottom of the stick in ice hockey style) also occurs in 1622.
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The latter extended back 1,000 years and was nicknamed the hockey stick graph.
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Yes the glue stick substance was safe, clean and washable.
www.odt.co.nz
Proper recovery procedures were unknown, and a pilot's instinct to pull back on the stick served only to make a spin worse.
en.wikipedia.org
And if so, why not go the whole way and stick a camera on the soap dish?
www.telegraph.co.uk

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