stick
Likely to stick; sticking, stickyLikely to stick; sticking, sticky.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.
Examples
1796 sentencesYou must stick to your promise.
Ти повинен дотримуватися обіцянки. — deniko
ruТы должен держать обещание. — Biga
deSie müssen Ihr Versprechen halten. — MUIRIEL
Tom doesn't want to stick around.
Том не хоче бути десь поруч. — deniko
Tom didn't want to stick around.
Том не хотів лишатися поруч. — deniko
Would you stick around for a minute?
Можеш побути тут хвилинку? — deniko
That child stuck out his tongue at me.
Те дитя вистромило мені язика. — marko
ruТот ребёнок показал мне язык. — Lenin_1917
deDas Kind hat mir die Zunge herausgestreckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), fromFrom Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
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Forms
sticker, stickestWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- stick around
- got stuck in
- stick around for
- to stick around
- is stuck in
- stuck in the
- stuck in traffic
- got stuck
- stuck in a
- stick together
- with a stick
- stick around and