Collocations for "stick"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stick" in context.
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stick
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [long, short, thick, thin, thorny] stick
- a [wet, dry, moist, withered, fallen] stick
- a [pen, memory, thumb, removable] stick
- a [16GB] memory stick
- a [meter, yard, measuring, glow] stick
- [a hockey, an ice-hockey] stick
- uses a walking stick
- walks with a stick
- the dog [fetched, found, snapped, chewed] the stick
- sticks and stones may break my bones, but [words, names] can never hurt me!
- threw a stick for her dog
- shook a stick at the [children, cats, youths]
- make (a) fire by rubbing (two) sticks together
- make a fire [with, using] sticks
- vulgar: has a stick up his ass
- the family [chose, decided] to move to the sticks
- live out in the sticks
- sport: [slot, place] the ball between the sticks
- her [legs, arms] were like sticks
- sticks for [carpentry, fuel, the fire]
- a cinnamon stick
- a stick of [rhubarb, lettuce, celery]
- UK: [a lolly, an ice-lolly] stick
- a sucker stick
- drew a stick [man, figure]
- a stick-thin [model, girl]
- a stick insect
- stick to the [wall, post, paper]
- is sticking to my [hand, back, shirt]
- [won't, doesn't] stick
- stick it together with [tape, glue]
- stick it up on the wall
- stick pins into a [cushion, garment, cloth, doll]
- stick with me to [see, learn, go]
- (need) to stick together
- stick by my side
- stick to the [point, rules]
- stick to what you know
- is sticking out from the [ground, wall, ceiling]
- stick out from the [crowd, norm]
- [wires, rebar, pipes] stick out of
- sticks out like a sore thumb
- his teeth stick out
- (just) stick [it, the chair, the box] in the corner
- stick your hand in the [jar, opening]
- stick your [head, foot] in the door
- slang, UK: is (always) sticking her oar in
- stick in there
- stick it out (to the end)
- stick around to [see, hear, participate]
- slang, UK: I can't stick it (anymore)!
- stick up for your [friend, rights]
- stick up for yourself
- stick your neck out for him
- stuck him with a knife
'stick' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agenda
- butter
- candle
- cardboard
- carrot
- carton
- celery
- chalk
- cinnamon
- clout
- clump
- curriculum
- digging
- dish
- divine
- eating
- fetch
- format
- fundamentals
- glue
- guideline
- gum
- gun
- gut
- house
- ideal
- impatient
- label
- layout
- marker
- memory
- mud
- narrow
- needle
- notch
- orderly
- pan
- party
- paste
- pie
- poke
- pole
- post
- pound
- precise
- prick
- principle
- proposed
- ram
- reader