stick

გამოთქმა: /stɪk/

განმარტებულია stick სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები

Universal

1a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.
a long, thin piece of wood used for support in walking or as a weapon.
(in hockey, polo, and other games) a long, thin implement, typically made of wood, with a curved head or angled blade that is used to hit or direct the ball or puck.
(sticks) (in field hockey) the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder.
[usually with modifier] a short, thin piece of wood used to impale food:lolly sticks
(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps.
Nautical, archaic a mast or spar.
a piece of basic furniture:every stick of furniture just vanished

2something resembling or likened to a stick, in particular:
a long, thin piece of something:a stick of dynamite cinnamon sticks
used to refer to a very thin person or limb:the girl was a stick her arms were like sticks
[as modifier] (of a figure) drawn with short, thin, straight lines:stick drawings of a man and girl
a conductor’s baton.
a gear or control lever.
US a quarter-pound pack of butter or margarine.
a number of bombs or paratroopers dropped rapidly from an aircraft: the sticks of bombs rained down
a small group of soldiers assigned to a particular duty:a stick of heavily armed guards

3a threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion):training that relies more on the carrot than on the stickCompare with carrot (sense 3).
[mass noun] British informal severe criticism or treatment:I took a lot of stick from the press

4 (the sticks) informal, derogatory rural areas far from cities or civilization:he felt hard done by living out in the sticks

5 [with adjective] informal, dated a person of a specified kind:Janet’s not such a bad old stick sometimes

6 Stock Exchange a large quantity of unsold stock, especially the proportion of shares which must be taken up by underwriters after an unsuccessful issue.

over the sticks: Horse Racing in steeplechasing and hurdles: he gives Folk Dance his seasonal debut over the sticks
sticks and stones may break my bones but names (or words) will never hurt me: proverb used to express indifference to an insult or abuse:all that flies back and forth, really, is words—sticks and stones, y’know?
up the stick: British informal pregnant.
up sticks: British informal go to live elsewhere.
[from nautical slang to up sticks 'set up a boat's mast' (ready for departure)]

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