Stick

See also: stick

English

Etymology 1

The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.

Noun

Stick (plural Sticks)

1. (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.

Synonyms

• Sticky

A 10-string Stick.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Stick

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

See also

• Chapman Stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stick Enterprises

Anagrams

• ticks

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Stuck

Etymology

From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognates include German Stück, Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (“piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃd̥iɡ̥/

Noun

Stick n (plural Stick, diminutive Stickl or Stickerl)

1. one, item, piece (of something countable; often untranslated in English)
2. head (a single animal)
3. piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
4. something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but uncommon of novels and films)

   Synonym: Stickl

German

Etymology

From English stick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Stick m (strong, genitive Sticks, plural Sticks)

1. (informal) stick in any English sense that applies to computing

Related terms

• Joystick m
• USB-Stick m
• RAM-Stick m

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtik/

Noun

Stick n (plural Stick or Sticker, diminutive Stickche or Stickelche)

1. piece

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary