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Definition of Stick about
1. Verb. Be available or ready for a certain function or service. "They stick about a long time"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick About
Literary usage of Stick about
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"At the fourth trial on that day, he waved the stick about as if vaguely trying
... Swishes stick about vaguely. Swipes at nut. Vexed, and throws stick away. ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Then I cut a stick about 4 inches thick and about 2l/z feet long and laid ...
Then comes a stick about 10 feet long, laid on top of the stick on the ground ..."
3. Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa by Robert Moffat (1846)
"He had previously prepared a heap of sand, slightly adhesive, and by thrusting
a stick, about two-eighths of an inch in diameter, like the ramrod of a ..."
4. A Calendar of Leading Experiments by William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt (1918)
"A round stick about two feet long and half an inch in diameter is ... 15, General
Physics) so that the spin-inertia of the stick about the axis 00 is small. ..."
5. Journals Kept by Mr. Gully and Capt. Denham During a Captivity in China in by Gully, Robert Gully, Denham (1844)
"In this position my trousers were hauled up, and fifty blows given on the front
of my thighs with a stick about two and a half inches thick, ..."
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