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 up for (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 up for (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 up for (1 of 2)

stick up for

see stand up for.

Idioms and Phrases with stick up for (2 of 2)

stick