Word Image
plural: sticks
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: a cut or broken branch of twig especially when dry and dead; a long slender piece of wood or metal; something like a stick in shape or use; a person who is dull or lifeless
verb: to stab with something pointed; to cling to a surface; to remain in a place, situation, or environment; to burden with something disagreeable
Word Family
sticking
stuck
sticky
stickiness
sticker
stickpin
stickball
sticklike
unstick
joystick
drumstick
yardstick
dipstick
broomstick
candlestick
matchstick
nonstick
lipstick
Sentences
The attic door sticks when I try to open it.
These ginger candies are so sticky and sweet.
They raised their hockey sticks in triumph when the last goal was made.
Greg is still stuck with that lousy car.
I’m trying to clean the stickiness off this bottle.
I hardly felt the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it.
Those magnets stick to the refrigerator without any problems.
You can stick that box in the corner with the others.
The drummer threw me a drumstick during the concert.
The boy poked the snake with a long stick.
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