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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[Slang]
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{To stick out}, to cause to project or protrude; to render
prominent.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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