WordNet
v. be available or ready for a certain function or service [syn: stand by, stick around]
Usage examples of "stick about".
He wheeled Stick about and galloped for the trees, the others following him.
She picked through the leaves, chose a stick about the length of her forearm, and held it up for inspection.
The biggest man, with his left hand, grabbed the walking stick about a third of the way down, pulled it from Veronica's grip and knocked her out.
A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked.
Eventually he leaned over and picked up a small brown stick about the size and width of a cigar.
In each hand she holds an odd-looking stick about three feet long.
When hurling the spear the flier used a peculiar device, a stick about the length of his arm, equipped at one end with two thong loops for the forefingers, so that it could be clasped very tightly, while the other end of the stick was forked to grip the spear shaft.