1. a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as

2. a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch

3. a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

4. a long slender piece of wood or metal: such as

5. a club or staff used as a weapon

6. walking stick

7. an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game

8. something used to force compliance

9. a baton symbolizing an office or dignity also a person entitled to bear such a baton

10. a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building)

11. any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: such as

12. composing stick

13. an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons

14. the gearshift lever of an automobile

15. something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form
a stick of candy a stick of butter

16. person, chap

17. a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person

18. remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated boondocks

19. an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick
celery sticks

20. mast entry 1 sense 1 also yard entry 1 sense 4

21. a piece of furniture

22. a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target

23. a number of parachutists dropping together

24. a marijuana cigarette

25. punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation
choosing between the carrot and the stick

26. criticism, abuse

27. to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick

28. to pierce with something pointed stab

29. to kill by piercing

30. to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce

31. to fasten by thrusting in

32. impale

33. push, thrust

34. to put or set in a specified place or position

35. to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing

36. to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface

37. to compel to pay especially by trickery
got stuck with the bar bill

38. overcharge

39. to halt the movement or action of

40. baffle, stump

41. cheat, defraud

42. to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable
is still stuck with that lousy car

43. to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics

44. to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion:

45. to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end

46. to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering
stuck in the mud

47. to remain in a place, situation, or environment

48. to hold fast or adhere resolutely cling
she stuck to her story

49. to remain effective

50. to keep close in a chase or competition

51. to become blocked, wedged, or jammed

52. balk, scruple

53. to find oneself baffled

54. to be unable to proceed

55. project, protrude

56. to irritate, nag at, or obsess one

57. to treat harshly or unfairly

58. to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk

59. to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition

60. infatuated with

61. a thrust with a pointed instrument stab

62. delay, stop

63. impediment

64. adhesive quality or substance

65. a cut or broken branch or twig

66. a long thin piece of wood

67. walking stick sense 1

68. something like a stick in shape or use
fish sticks a hockey stick

69. to push into or through
I stuck a needle in my finger.

70. to stab or pierce with something pointed
Ow! The thorn stuck me.

71. to put in place by or as if by pushing
She stuck candles in the cake.

72. to push out, up, into, or under
I stuck out my hand.

73. to put in a specified place or position
I stuck a cap on my head.

74. to remain in a place, situation, or environment
We decided to stick where we were.

75. to halt the movement or action of
The car was stuck in traffic.

76. baffle
I got stuck on the first problem.

77. to burden with something unpleasant
She was stuck with paying the bill.

78. to fix or become fixed in place by or as if by gluing
Stick a stamp on the letter.

79. to cling or cause to cling
My wet clothes stuck to me.

80. to become blocked or jammed
The door is stuck.