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How to pronounce stick in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff
Type of cigarette, fag, cigaret, butt, coffin nail
Type Words
Synonyms adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick to
Type of attach
Has types bind
Verb group cleave, adhere, cohere, cling
Derivation sticker
Type Words
Synonyms adhere
Type of adopt, follow, espouse


She sticks to her principles.
Type Words
Synonyms stay, stay put, stick around
Type of stay in place
Type Words
Synonyms deposit, lodge, wedge
Type of fix, secure, fasten
Has types redeposit


stick your thumb in the crack.
Type Words
Synonyms amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stupefy, vex
Type of bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confuse, throw, confound, fox, fuddle
Has types riddle, mix up, escape, stump, elude
Type Words
Synonyms control stick, joystick
Type of lever
Type Words
Synonyms adhere, stand by, stick by
Type of be
Type Words
Synonyms peg, pin
Type of leg


fever left him weak on his sticks.
Type Words
Synonyms sting
Type of thrust, force
Type Words
Synonyms adhere, cleave, cling, cohere
Type of touch, adjoin, contact, meet
Has types agglutinate, conglutinate, mold
Verb group hold fast, bond, bind, adhere, stick to
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Type of sports equipment
Has types polo stick, polo mallet, hockey stick
Type Words
Type of implement


cinnamon sticks.
a stick of dynamite.
Type Words
Type of implement
Has types fencing stick, backsword, club, divining rod, dowser, dowsing rod, drumstick, linstock, mahlstick, matchstick, maulstick, singlestick, spindle, staff, stob, swizzle stick, walking stick, water finder, waterfinder, bow


he collected dry sticks for a campfire.
the kid had a candied apple on a stick.
Type Words
Type of butter, margarine, margarin, oleo, marge, oleomargarine
Type Words
Type of tree branch, limb
Type Words
Type of be


The door sticks--we will have to plane it.
Type Words
Type of adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament


stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it.
Type Words
Type of stay, remain, persist
Type Words
Type of fasten


stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress.
Type Words
Type of fasten
Verb group cling, cleave, adhere, cohere


stick the poster onto the wall.
Type Words
Type of fasten


stick the photo onto the corkboard.
Type Words
Type of pierce, thrust
Derivation sticker
Type Words
Type of pierce, thrust
Derivation sticker
Type Words
Type of penalisation, penalty, punishment, penalization


the policy so far is all stick and no carrot.

Examples of stick

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The Blues'Ian Cole is whistled for another Blues penalty, for holding the stick.
From the stltoday.com
I say stick to OS people, wherre once in a while you can get different opinions.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Her first stick with the needle didn't work, so she tried again in another spot.
From the news-journalonline.com
Add 3 green cardamom pods, 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick and 2 cups basmati rice.
From the omaha.com
Cover rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray foil with non-stick cooking spray.
From the kentucky.com
Stick a bit of meat on the end of one and use it to test the temperature of oil.
From the timesunion.com
Maurice says he'll stick with Toskala in goal for the remainder of the schedule.
From the sportingnews.com
You could stick one of my generators on a backpack and use it to power a laptop.
From the forbes.com
If the charges stick, the PRI risks losing federal funding for party activities.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • An implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
  • Lodge: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
  • A small thin branch of a tree
  • Stay: 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!"
  • A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  • Adhere: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
  • Stick is a fictional American comic book character owned by Marvel Comics who appears in that company's Marvel Universe.
  • Stick is a 1985 crime film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.
  • A switch is a flexible rod, typically used for corporal punishment of the birching type, called switching after it, especially when using a single branch: multiple branches are rather called a rod, a less flexible single rod is rather called a cane, an inflexible one a stick; a paddle is broader ...