Stuck meaning

/stək/ Other forms: stucker Stuck describes something that's frozen or fixed in one place and can't be moved. If your foot gets stuck in the mud, it means you can't get your foot out of its messy trap. The lid of a jar can be stuck, and your car can get stuck in traffic; either way, the thing that's stuck isn't going anywhere. You can also use stuck when you can't figure out what to do: you can be stuck on an especially hard math problem or feel stuck in a complicated relationship. The verb stick comes from the Old English stician, pierce or remain fastened.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005. stick Past participle: stuck Gerund: sticking Imperative stick stick Present I stick you stick he/she/it sticks we stick you stick they stick Preterite I stuck you stuck he/she/it stuck we stuck you stuck they stuck Present Continuous I am sticking you are sticking he/she/it is sticking we are sticking you are sticking they are sticking Present Perfect I have stuck you have stuck he/she/it has stuck we have stuck you have stuck they have stuck Past Continuous I was sticking you were sticking he/she/it was sticking we were sticking you were sticking they were sticking Past Perfect I had stuck you had stuck he/she/it had stuck we had stuck you had stuck they had stuck Future I will stick you will stick he/she/it will stick we will stick you will stick they will stick Future Perfect I will have stuck you will have stuck he/she/it will have stuck we will have stuck you will have stuck they will have stuck Future Continuous I will be sticking you will be sticking he/she/it will be sticking we will be sticking you will be sticking they will be sticking Present Perfect Continuous I have been sticking you have been sticking he/she/it has been sticking we have been sticking you have been sticking they have been sticking Future Perfect Continuous I will have been sticking you will have been sticking he/she/it will have been sticking we will have been sticking you will have been sticking they will have been s...

stick 1 /stɪk/ USA pronunciation n. [ ] • Botanya branch of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. • a long, slender piece of wood, for use as fuel, in carpentry, as a wand, rod, etc. • British Terms [Chiefly Brit. ]a walking stick or cane. • a long, slender piece or part of anything: a stick of celery. • Sportan implement used to strike and drive a ball or puck, as a hockey stick. • Informal Terms the sticks, [plural ],any region or place distant from cities or towns; the country: He thought a move to the sticks would relax him. stick 2 /stɪk/ USA pronunciation v., stuck /stʌk/ USA pronunciationstick•ing, n. v. [~ +object ] • to pierce or puncture with something pointed; stab: He stuck the watermelon with a knife. • to thrust or push (something pointed) in, into, through, etc.: [~ +object ]stuck pins into the pincushion. • to (cause to) be fastened in position by pushing a point or end into something: [~ +object ] to stick a peg in a pegboard. [no object ] The arrow stuck in the tree. • to fasten in position by or as if by something thrust through: [~ +object ]to stick a painting on the wall. • to put on or hold with something pointed; impale: [~ +object ]to stick a marshmallow on a fork. • to thrust or poke into a place indicated: [~ +object ] The dog liked to stick his head out the car window. [no object ] The dog's head stuck out the car window. • to place or set in a specified position; put: [~ +object ]Stick the chair in the corner. • to (cause to) be faste...

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