stick

About 17.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An 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.

2. noun A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

   The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.

3. noun A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

   I found several good sticks in the brush heap.

4. noun A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).

   I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.

5. noun A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.

   I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.

6. noun A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.

   As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.

7. noun The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
8. noun A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.

Similar words

cling billy deposit pin wedge peg adhere truncheon nightstick bind

Often followed by

to with and in of together it out or

Word family

sticked sticking sticklike sticks stuck