Crossword clues for stuck
stuck
- In a bind
- Clung to
- Unable to go further
- Unable to answer any more clues, say
- Puzzled: Colloq
- Nuts about, with "on"
- No longer making progress
- Lionel Richie "___ on You"
- In traffic, say
- In need of a tow
- Experiencing writer's block, say
- Experiencing writer's block, perhaps
- Delayed, as in traffic
- Caught on, as a nickname
- At a standstill in traffic
- "___ on You" (1960 Elvis Presley song)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuck(Obs. Sticked); p. pr. & vb. n. Sticking.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct, Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak, Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in sewing, Style for or in writing.]
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To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
And sticked him with bodkins anon.
--Chaucer.It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray.
--Sir W. Scott. -
To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
Thou stickest a dagger in me.
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To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew.
--Shak.The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
--Dryden. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
(Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
(Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
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To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.
Stuck \Stuck\, imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Stuck \Stuck\, n. [Cf. 1st Stoccado.]
A thrust. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"unable to go any further," 1885, past participle adjective from stick (v.). Colloquial stuck-up "offensively conceited, assuming an unjustified air of superiority" is recorded from 1829.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
1 trapped and unable to move. 2 unable to progress. v
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(en-past of: stick) (which in the past was '''sticked''') Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) A thrust.
WordNet
n. implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
a small thin branch of a tree
a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane [syn: control stick, joystick]
informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, peg]
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff]
threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
[also: stuck]
v. fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn: lodge, wedge, deposit] [ant: dislodge]
stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn: stay, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business" [syn: put forward]
stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to]
be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" [syn: adhere]
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand by, stick by, adhere]
cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"
fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger"
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, cohere]
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: sting]
be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
[also: stuck]
adj. caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" [ant: unstuck]
baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
See stick
Wikipedia
"Stuck" is a song by Stacie Orrico, released in 2003. It can be found on her self-titled second album. It was used in the Disney Channel Original Movie's Stuck in the Suburbs. It was the official theme song of the 2004 Copa América tournament.
"Stuck" was the first taste of chart success in the mainstream that Orrico received and worldwide. The single peaked at No. 52 in the U.S. while in the likes of Australia, the single peaked in the top 5 and in the UK the single bucked chart trends at the time by climbing inside the top 10 in its second week, peaking at No. 9. In Japan it peaked at No. 1 on some radio stations' airplay charts.
The music video was directed by Diane Martel. The video shows her on and off relationship with her boyfriend during high school. The boyfriend was played by her cousin, actor Trevor Wright.
Stuck may refer to:
Stuck is an 2001 short film directed by Jamie Babbit. It tells the story of an elderly lesbian couple traveling across the desert, who are on the verge of ending their unhappy relationship. It was the first film produced by production company POWER UP and won three film festival awards.
Stuck is a 2007 thriller film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea, with a plot inspired by a true story. The film premiered on May 21, 2007 at the Cannes Film Market. It was later adapted in Bollywood as Accident on Hill Road starring Celina Jaitley in Mena Suvari's role.
Stuck is a 2002 Canadian feature-length video drama film written and directed by Lindsay Bourne. It features Amanda Tapping as Liz, JR Bourne as Bernie, Fred Henderson as Gordon, and Courtney Kramer as Cindy.
"Stuck" is the fourth single by Caro Emerald taken from the album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor. It was released on 15 October 2010 as a Digital download in the Netherlands. The single was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, denoting digital sales in excess of 15,000 copies in Italy.
' Stuck ' is the third studio album by American hard rock band Adelitas Way, it was released on July 29, 2014. The album was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, and it was released through Virgin Records. " Dog on a Leash" is the first single, while the title track "Stuck" was released as a promotional single from the album. Pre-Order on iTunes for "Stuck" was started on May 20, 2014.
Stuck is Puddle of Mudd's debut EP. The band had played a local battle of the bands competition and won the grand prize, the chance to record an EP. It was recorded at Red House in Lawrence, KS in 1993, and was released on Mudd Dog/V&R Records in 1994. The MuddDog version is among the rarest collectibles in the history of Puddle of Mudd. "Stuck" featured the original version of "Drift and Die", which was later included on the band's 2001 Come Clean album. Puddle of Mudd is currently working on re-releasing the EP. The cover art for "Stuck" was designed by a Kansas City based graphic arts studio named "River City Studio" owned by Deb Turpin. The invoice for designing the cover art was never paid.
Stuck is an upcoming musical drama film directed by Michael Berry, who also wrote the screenplay with Riley Thomas whose stage musical the film is based on.
Usage examples of "stuck".
This adapid generally stuck to the deeper forest where its slowness was not as disadvantageous as it would be on more open ground.
The last thing I wanted back then, Rae, was to get stuck in Alameda by an unplanned pregnancy.
A little alnico magnet, stuck in exactly the right place with a wad of chewing gum, can erase a hundred thousand units of information before they find it.
He stuck his hands in his alpaca pockets and leaned back against the railing.
They looked like clusters of pyramidical Amalgam Creatures stuck together into various shapes.
I mean, how are we going to snare her a nice androsphinx if she stays stuck inside with her books all day every day?
How many weeks I laid there blown right up the gut watching that bottle of plasma run down tubes stuck in me anyplace they could get one in?
The aspergillum he handed her was a tuft of evergreen bound to a handle of myrtlewood, stuck in a small silver bucket of holy water.
Green-shirted avionics technicians swarmed over it as it rolled to a stop, popping panels off of it to find the cause of the stuck aileron.
Cratchit entered-flushed, but smiling proudly-with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
Cratchit entered, flushed, but smiling proudly, with the pudding like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
For the next couple of days he was stuck in Belamy, which was little more than a stoplight stuck in the middle of no-goddamned-where.
He crashed into the Blimp and the spear in his neck stuck fast in the Blimp, pinning him like a butterfly in a display case.
The captain had already got one foot in the wherry, and the watermen, equally alarmed with himself, were trying to push off, when the invaders came up, and, springing into the boat, took possession of the oars, sending Bludder floundering into the Thames, where he sunk up to the shoulders, and stuck fast in the mud, roaring piteously for help.
She poured black-powder into six funnels made of paper, each of which had a fuse of twine sticking out of its apex, and stuck them in cracks just below the Bookmark layer.