• Stuck

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈstÊŒk/
    • Rhymes: -ÊŒk

    Origin 1

    Verb

    1. stuck

      (past of stick)
      (which in the past was sticked)

    Full definition of stuck

    Adjective

    stuck

    1. Trapped and unable to move.Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck.Can you shift this gate? I think it's stuck.
    2. Unable to progress.''I'm stuck on this question in the test.

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    Origin 2

    Compare stoccado.

    Noun

    stuck

    (plural stucks)
    1. (obsolete) A thrust.
      • 1599, William Shakespeare, , IV. vii. 160:If he by chance escape your venomed stuck,
        Our purpose may hold there.

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