stick

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   threat of a penalty

   the policy so far is all stick and no carrot

2. 2
   noun

   an implement consisting of a length of wood

   We collected dry sticks for a campfire.

3. 3
   noun

   a long thin implement resembling a length of wood

   cinnamon sticks

4. 4
   noun

   informal terms for the leg

   An early childhood fever left me weak on my sticks.

5. 5
   verb

   come or be in close contact with

   stick or hold together and resist separation

6. 6
   verb

   fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something

   stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress

7. 7
   verb

   fasten with or as with pins or nails

   stick the photo onto the corkboard

8. 8
   verb

   fasten with an adhesive material like glue

   stick the poster onto the wall

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn Old English stician Middle English stiken English stick From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low G…