Word: stuck
Phonetic:
/ˈstʌk/Listen:
To become or remain attached; to adhere. Example: The tape will not stick if it melts.
To jam; to stop moving. Example: The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
To persist. Example: His old nickname stuck.
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
To remain loyal; to remain firm. Example: Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
To attach with glue or as if by gluing. Example: Stick the label on the jar.
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). Example: Stick your bag over there and come with me.
To press (something with a sharp point) into something else. Example: The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale. Example: to stick an apple on a fork
To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
To perform (a landing) perfectly. Example: Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
To propagate plants by cuttings. Example: Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
(joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle. Example: to stick somebody with a hard problem
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
Unable to move. Example: Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.
Unable to progress with a task. Example: I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.
No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen. Example: There are several ways to close a stuck program.
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