present participle of dead stick

(dentistry) A small wooden stick used in orthodontistry, which the patient bites on when the bands of the braces are fitted.

(curling) Equipment used to determine which of two or more stones is closest to the center when they are too similar to know with visual inspection

a fire poker with a perpendicular piece of iron at the end for raking ashes through the grate.

(Canada, US, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.

(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government.

(slang) A cigarette.

A block of silicon carbide or aluminium oxide used to dress diamond tools by removing the build-up of metal etc.

To protrude; to extend beyond. / (idiomatic) To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive. / To persist until the end; stick it out.

Alternative spelling of gearstick