Stuck

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuck}(Obs. {Sticked}); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Sticking}.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined
     with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and
     (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan,
     OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to
     be sharp. Cf. {Distinguish}, {Etiquette}, {Extinct},


     {Instigate}, {Instinct}, {Prestige}, {Stake}, {Steak},
     {Stick}, n., {Stigma}, {Stimulate}, {Sting}, {Stitch} in
     sewing, {Style} for or in writing.]
     1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
        stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
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              And sticked him with bodkins anon.    --Chaucer.
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              It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
              gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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     2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
        pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
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              Thou stickest a dagger in me.         --Shak.
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     3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in;
        hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as
        by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
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              My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak.
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              The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
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     5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
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     6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
        apple on a fork.
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     7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to
        stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also,
        to attach in any manner.
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     8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
        stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
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     9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in
        contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings
        are said to be stuck.
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     10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
         puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
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     11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
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     {To stick out}, to cause to project or protrude; to render
        prominent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stuck \Stuck\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Stick}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stuck \Stuck\, n. [Cf. 1st {Stoccado}.]
     A thrust. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stick
       n 1: implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry
            sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on
            a stick"
       2: a small thin branch of a tree
       3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and
          elevators of an airplane [syn: {control stick}, {joystick}]
       4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
          sticks" [syn: {pin}, {peg}]
       5: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: {joint},
           {marijuana cigarette}, {reefer}, {spliff}]
       6: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no
          carrot"
       v 1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn:
            {lodge}, {wedge}, {deposit}] [ant: {dislodge}]
       2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit;
          we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner
          here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn:
           {stay}, {stick around}, {stay put}] [ant: {move}]
       3: cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand
          out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's
          business" [syn: {put forward}]
       4: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
          [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bond}, {bind}, {stick to}]
       5: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane
          it"
       6: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
       7: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this
          village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her
          principles" [syn: {adhere}]
       8: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble";
          "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: {stand
          by}, {stick by}, {adhere}]
       9: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
          "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
       10: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the
           poster onto the wall"
       11: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto
           the corkboard"
       12: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
           "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
       13: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck
           the cloth with the needle"
       14: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He
           stuck the needle into his finger"
       15: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
           resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
           label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
           [syn: {cling}, {cleave}, {adhere}, {cohere}]
       16: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
           stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge
           tax bill" [syn: {sting}]
       17: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
           don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
           question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {get},
           {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
            {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
       [also: {stuck}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stuck
       adj 1: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" [ant: {unstuck}]
       2: baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stuck
       See {stick}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "stuck":
     addled, adhering, agglutinate, aground, anchored, at a loss,
     at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, baffled,
     bamboozled, beat, bewildered, bonded, buffaloed, castaway, caught,
     cemented, chained, cleaving, clinging, close, coherent, cohering,
     cohesive, confounded, dazed, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, floored,
     foundered, fuddled, glued, grounded, held, high and dry,
     holding together, impacted, in a dilemma, in suspense,
     inextricable, jammed, licked, marooned, moored, muddled, mystified,
     nonplussed, on tenterhooks, on the rocks, packed, perplexed,
     puzzled, secure, set, set fast, shipwrecked, sticking, stranded,
     stuck fast, stumped, swamped, taped, tethered, thrown, tied, tight,
     transfixed, wedged, wrecked