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Definition of Stick in
1. Verb. Insert casually. "She slipped in a reference to her own work"
Generic synonyms: Add, Append, Supply
Specialized synonyms: Spatchcock
2. Verb. Introduce. "Insert your ticket here"
Specialized synonyms: Plug, Plug, Inoculate, Inset, Glass, Catheterise, Catheterize, Cup, Interlard, Intersperse, Feed, Feed In, Slip, Foist, Inject, Shoot
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Derivative terms: Enclosure, Inclosure, Insert, Insertion, Introduction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick In
Literary usage of Stick in
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)
"480). Miss Romanes records similar facts. Two other monkeys at Belle Vue failed
to learn the use of the stick in the few lessons ..."
2. The Literature of the Old Testament in Its Historical Development by Julius August Bewer (1922)
"... that they may become one stick in thy hand. And when the children of thy people
shall speak to thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by ..."
3. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Cut your STICK" in this ser mean to make your mark and pass on—and so realize
the mea and "Hands,"—vide Zech. xi. io, 14. Stick, to cheat ; "he got STUCK," ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The movements of the Queen's Guard of the Household Brigade of Cavalry are
regulated nominally by the " Gold stick in Waiting '' (that is to say, ..."
5. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... regulated nominally by the " Gold stick in Waiting'' (that is to say, by one
of the Colonels of the two regiments of Life Guards and of the " Blues ") ..."
6. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1820)
"How is this again? is it positive or negative testimony ? Mr. Maxwell swears,
not only that I had no stick in in my hand ; but he swears to what I had in my ..."
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