stuck
simple past tense and past participle of stick2.
Idioms about stuck
stuck on, Informal. infatuated with: He met her only once and is already stuck on her.
Other words from stuck
- self-stuck, adjective
Words Nearby stuck
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How to use stuck in a sentence
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Five content promotion strategies SaaS marketers should implement today | Izabelle Hundrev | August 28, 2020 | Search Engine Watch“If we don’t, we’re going to stay stuck behind an ever steepening curve of climate-fueled disasters.”
FEMA spends more preparing for terrorism than hurricanes | Rachel Schallom | August 27, 2020 | FortuneLike so many Soviet Jewish “refuseniks,” Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits were stuck.
Many current and prospective students remain stuck in China because of the pandemic.
Universities teaching Chinese students remotely need to scale the Great Firewall | Tripti Lahiri | August 23, 2020 | QuartzThings have been kinda stuck in neutral in these parts since the 2016 quakes.
Investors ride the Big Tech rally even as COVID cases and unemployment spike | Bernhard Warner | August 21, 2020 | Fortune
Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.
What stuck in my mind were the two supporting actors, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOccasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly the L, K, and A of the old sign remain stuck to the side of the office.
And if she just gets stuck there, her influence, however great among the Democratic base, will never grow outside of it.
He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyIf it be taken from others 'tis like plums stuck upon blackthorns; there they are for a while, but they come to nothing.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouYou see, I stuck to him like a log to a root, but for the first week or so 'twant no use—not a bit.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThe portmanteau was the sign of youth and progress; old-fashioned people stuck to the carpet bag.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowYou are not the first that has picked up my hints, and stuck fast in their execution.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for stuck
/ (stʌk) /
the past tense and past participle of stick 2
informal baffled or nonplussed
(foll by on) slang keen (on) or infatuated (with)
get stuck in or get stuck into informal
to perform (a task) with determination
to attack (a person) verbally or physically
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