stuck

[stuhk]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of stick.

stuck

/ stʌk /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of stick 2

adjective

1. informal,  baffled or nonplussed

2. slang,  (foll by on) keen (on) or infatuated (with)

3. informal

   1. to perform (a task) with determination

   2. to attack (a person) verbally or physically

Other Word Forms

• self-stuck adjective

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. stuck on, infatuated with.

   He met her only once and is already stuck on her.

Example Sentences

One of them stuck though - a report of an iguana stuck on the roof of a house.

From BBC

But Burr seemed much more nervous, he said, and stuck to tried-and-tested jokes about his wife and kids.

From BBC

Blunt is stuck in a reprise of her Oscar-nominated supporting role in “Oppenheimer” as the drunk whose cruelty pardons the male lead’s flaws.

From Los Angeles Times

Tom Evans, a Yosemite-based photographer who witnessed Miller fall, told Climbing magazine he called 911 after Miller tried to free his bag, which was stuck on a rock.

From BBC

"For far too long, prime ministers have stuck their heads in their sand and said 'if we just make drugs illegal, everything's going to be okay'," Polanski added.

From BBC