stick | (noun) threat of a penalty | - |
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(noun) an implement consisting of a length of wood | - |
(noun) a long thin implement resembling a length of wood | - |
(noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff |
(noun) a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane | Synonyms: control stick, joystick |
(noun) a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball | - |
(noun) informal terms for the leg | Synonyms: peg, pin |
(noun) a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine | - |
(noun) a small thin branch of a tree | - |
stickball | (noun) a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle | Synonyms: stickball game |
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sticker | (noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing | Synonyms: dagger |
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(noun) an adhesive label | Synonyms: gummed label, paster |
(noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | Synonyms: poser, stumper, toughie |
(noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, thorn |
stickiness | (noun) the property of sticking to a surface | - |
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stickleback | (noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | Synonyms: prickleback |
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stickler | (noun) someone who insists on something | - |
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sticklerism | (noun) The behaviour of a stickler; inflexible adherence to rules. | - |
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stickpin | (noun) a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie | - |
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sticktight | (noun) parasitic on especially the heads of chickens | Synonyms: Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea |
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(noun) any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing | Synonyms: beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold |
stickup | (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, holdup |
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stickweed | (noun) any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing | - |
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