- Types Of Speech
- You can use stick as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Stick
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters c, i, k, s, and t, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter i. Stick starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, st, sti, stic, and the ending characters are k, ck, ick, tick, ..
- Definition
- Threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Stick is set as a kindergarten word that starts with s, ends with k, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is stick a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Stick in Pig Latin is said as "ickstay or ickstway".
- Unigram
- s | t | i | c | k
- Bigram
- st | ti | ic | ck
- Trigram
- sti | tic | ick
- Quadrigram
- stic | tick
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- threat of a penalty;
"the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- implement consisting of a length of wood;
"he collected dry sticks for a campfire";
"the kid had a candied apple on a stick" - a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- informal terms of the leg;
"fever left him weak on his sticks" - a small thin branch of a tree
- Verb Examples
- 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" - saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
"They stuck me with the dinner bill";
"I was stung with a huge tax bill" - 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" - stick to firmly;
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" - pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed;
"He stuck the needle into his finger" - pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument;
"he stuck the cloth with the needle" - cause to protrude or as if to protrude;
"stick one's hand out of the window";
"stick one's nose into other people's business" - fix, force, or implant;
"lodge a bullet in the table" - fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" - fasten with or as with pins or nails;
"stick the photo onto the corkboard" - fasten with an adhesive material like glue;
"stick the poster onto the wall" - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" - 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!" - be loyal to;
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble";
"The friends stuck together through the war" - be a devoted follower or supporter;
"The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism";
"She sticks to her principles" - endure;
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" - be or become fixed;
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
Abide With | |
Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
Absolutely | totally and definitely without question "we are absolutely opposed to the idea" "he forced himself to lie absolutely still" "iron is absolutely necessary" |
Accomplice | a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
Acuminate | make sharp or acute taper make (something) come to a point |
Addle | become rotten "addled eggs" |
Adhere | follow through or carry out a plan without deviation "They adhered to their plan" |
Adhere To |
View all cognitive synonyms for Stick
Anagram | Definition |
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Stick | threat of a penalty "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
View English words with the unique letters used in stick. Words With The Letters Cikst
Word | Definition |
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Penalisation | the act of punishing |
Penalization | the act of punishing |
Penalty | the act of punishing |
Punishment | the act of punishing |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Stick (5 letters) | 11 | 12 | stick | ||
Sticky (6 letters) | 15 +4 | 15 +3 | sticky | ||
Stickit (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 14 +2 | ciikstt | ||
Sticks (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | ciksst |
Stick Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With K
- Spelled With / Contains Letters