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How to pronounce stick
Say it like this: /stɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does stick mean?
nounAn elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
“The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.”
A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
“I found several good sticks in the brush heap.”
A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
“I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.”
verbTo cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
To furnish or set with sticks.
adjLikely to stick; sticking, sticky.
“A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.”
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