plural of short end of the stick

(idiomatic, of food) To be filling, especially due to having a heavy meaty or glutinous consistency.

Alternative form of sticks in a bundle are unbreakable

Alternative form of firestick farming

(dated) Synonym of tar with the same brush

(colloquial, intransitive) To depart.

present participle of stick to one's text

(idiomatic) To limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.

To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable. / To be conspicuously different.

Aralia spinosa, a woody plant native to eastern North America. / Oplopanax horridus, a large understory shrub with large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in irritating spines.