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sticking::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking out |
a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck.
Examples of sticking
sticking
Macy's spokesman Jim Sluzewski said the chain is sticking to planned promotions.
From the dailyherald.com
She began sticking her tongue out like a snake and hissing and rolling her eyes.
From the latimes.com
He's also a little small to be sticking the ball in his stomach 20 times a game.
From the kentucky.com
The central sticking point is how to divide power between Mugabe and Tsvangirai.
From the time.com
It is about determination and persistence, never giving up and sticking with it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Line the steamers with rounds of baking paper to prevent any food from sticking.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Sticking out from beneath it are two pairs of feet, one bare, one wearing socks.
From the guardian.co.uk
Atheists really ought to be sticking up for their own personal convictions more.
From the guardian.co.uk
He walks with a rolling, nautical gait, bottom sticking out, like Norman Wisdom.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- 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 ...
