Idioms for stick

Origin of stick

2
before 900; Middle English stiken, Old English stician to pierce, thrust; akin to German stechen to sting, Latin -stīg- in instīgāre (see instigate), Greek stízein (see stigma)

SYNONYMS FOR stick

9 pin.
12 glue, cement, paste.
22 Stick, adhere, cohere mean to cling to or be tightly attached to something. Adhere implies that one kind of material clings tenaciously to another; cohere adds the idea that a thing is attracted to and held by something like itself: Particles of sealing wax cohere and form a mass that will adhere to tin. Stick, a more colloquial and general term, is used particularly when a third kind of material is involved: A gummed label will stick to a package.
29 stickle, waver, doubt.

OTHER WORDS FROM stick

stick·a·ble, adjective stick·a·bil·i·ty, noun re·stick·a·ble, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for stick it to someone (1 of 2)

stick 1
/ (stɪk) /

noun

verb sticks, sticking or sticked

to support (a plant) with sticks; stake

Word Origin for stick

Old English sticca; related to Old Norse stikka, Old High German stecca

British Dictionary definitions for stick it to someone (2 of 2)

stick 2
/ (stɪk) /

verb sticks, sticking or stuck

noun

Word Origin for stick

Old English stician; related to Old High German stehhan to sting, Old Norse steikja to roast on a spit

Idioms and Phrases with stick it to someone (1 of 2)

stick it to someone

Treat someone badly or unfairly, as in The head nurse really stuck it to Judy when she made her take all three shifts. This slangy usage may be derived from stick it, def. 2.

Idioms and Phrases with stick it to someone (2 of 2)

stick