A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch. / A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. / (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).

(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. / (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.

(motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface. / (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick. / A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

(intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere. / (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving. / (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with. / (intransitive) To persist.

(informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.

(Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with. / (idiomatic) To remain close to. / (idiomatic) To follow or adhere to. / (informal) To follow loyally. / To persist in using or employing.

(Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.

(music) The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.

plural of stick