| 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 | - |
| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stupefy, vex |
| (verb) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | Synonyms: sting |
| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick to |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere |
| (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, wedge |
| (verb) pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed | - |
| (verb) pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument | - |
| (verb) fasten with an adhesive material like glue | - |
| (verb) fasten with or as with pins or nails | - |
| (verb) fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something | - |
| (verb) cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface | - |
| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay, stay put, stick around |
| (verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: adhere, stand by, stick by |
| (verb) endure | - |
| (verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: adhere |
| (verb) be or become fixed | - |
| 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 |
| stickily | (adverb) in a sticky viscid manner | Synonyms: viscidly |
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| stickiness | (noun) the property of sticking to a surface | - |
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| sticking | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking out |
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| stickle | (verb) dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) | - |
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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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| sticky | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous |
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| (adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: awkward, embarrassing, unenviable |
| (adjective) covered with an adhesive material | - |
| (adjective) hot or warm and humid | Synonyms: muggy, steamy |
| (adjective) moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body | - |