Stick

1. a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. 2. a relatively long and slender piece of wood. 3. a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc. 4. a rod or wand. 5. a baton. 6. Chiefly British. a walking stick or cane. 7. a club or cudgel. 8. something that serves to goad or coerce: The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime. Compare carrot (def 3). 9. a long, slender piece or part of anything: a stick of candy; sticks of celery. 10. any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine. 11. Sports. an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick. 12. Aeronautics. a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled. 13. Nautical. a mast or spar. 14. Printing. composing stick. 15. the sticks, Informal. any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country: Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks. 16. Military. a group of bombs so arranged as to be released in a row across a target. the bomb load. 17. Informal. stick shift. 18. Slang. a marijuana cigarette. 19. Informal. an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person. 20. Informal. a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink.