Stick

  1. Noun.  (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.
  2. Proper noun.  The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
  3. Noun.  A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch. (jump, small branch) .
  4. Noun.  A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. (jump, piece of wood) .
  5. Noun.  (rfv-sense) (US) A two by four, the standard board used in constructing a frame house.
  6. Noun.  A wand; a baton; a cudgel; a cane or walking stick.
  7. Noun.  (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
  8. Noun.  Any roughly cylindrical (or even rectangular) unit of a substance. (jump, cylindrical piece) .
  9. Noun.  (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden). (jump, furniture) .
  10. Noun.  A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
  11. Noun.  (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
  12. Noun.  (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, (n-g, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission) . (jump, manual transmission) .
  13. Noun.  (aviation) The control column of an aircraft. (jump, aircraft control column) (qualifier, By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel ofan automobiles, is also called the "stick".) .
  14. Noun.  (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
  15. Noun.  (computing) A memory stick.
  16. Noun.  (sports) A stick-like item:.
  17. Noun.  (dated, metal typesetting) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
  18. Noun.  (jazz, slang) The clarinet. (qualifier, more often called the '''''liquorice stick''''') (jump, clarinet) .
  19. Noun.  (slang, dated) A person. (n-g, (Perhaps because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)) .
  20. Noun.  (context, magic) An assistant planted in the audience. (jump, magician's assistant) .
  21. Noun.  (military, _) A fighter pilot.
  22. Noun.  (context, military) A group (of soldiers); specifically:.
  23. Noun.  (military, dated) A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area. (jump, cluster of bombs) .
  24. Noun.  A negative stimulus or a punishment. (n-g, (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare ''carrot''.)) .
  25. Noun.  (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; beatings.
  26. Noun.  (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
  27. Noun.  (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
  28. Noun.  (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:.
  29. Noun.  (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
  30. Noun.  (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25. (jump, measure of eels) .
  31. Verb.  (rfv-sense) To strike someone with a stick.
  32. Verb.  (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
  33. Noun.  (auto racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
  34. Noun.  (fishing, uncountable) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
  35. Verb.  (transitive) To glue; to adhere.
  36. Verb.  (intransitive) To become attached; to adhere.
  37. Verb.  (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
  38. Verb.  (intransitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
  39. Verb.  (intransitive) To persist.
  40. Verb.  (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
  41. Verb.  (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
  42. Verb.  (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
  43. Verb.  (transitive) To press into with a sharp point.
  44. Verb.  (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
  45. Verb.  (transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
  46. Verb.  To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse.
  47. Noun.  (British, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.