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Textual thesaurus for "stick"

(noun) joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff

marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking


(noun) joystick, control stick

a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane


(noun) pin, peg

informal terms for the leg

fever left him weak on his sticks


(verb) dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex

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


(verb) sting

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

They stuck me with the dinner bill; I was stung with a huge tax bill


(verb) adhere, cleave, cling, cohere

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


(verb) stick to, hold fast, bond, bind, adhere

stick to firmly

Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?


(verb) deposit, wedge, lodge

put, fix, force, or implant

lodge a bullet in the table; stick your thumb in the crack


(verb) stick around, stay, stay put

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!


(verb) stand by, stick by, adhere

be loyal to

She stood by her husband in times of trouble; The friends stuck together through the war


(verb) adhere

be a devoted follower or supporter

The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism; She sticks to her principles