Unscramble sticking

Definition of sticking

adjective:

• extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree", "massive projected buttresses", "his protruding ribs", "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck". Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking out.

verb:

• put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table", "stick your thumb in the crack". Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge. Antonyms: dislodge.
• stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati", "Stay put in the corner here!", "Stick around and you will learn something!". Synonyms: stay, stay put, stick, stick around. Antonyms: move.
• stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?". Synonyms: adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.
• be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it". Synonyms: stick.
• endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life". Synonyms: stick.
• be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism", "She sticks to her principles". Synonyms: adhere, stick.
• be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble", "The friends stuck together through the war". Synonyms: adhere, stand by, stick, stick by.
• cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it". Synonyms: stick.
• fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall". Synonyms: stick.
• fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard". Synonyms: stick.
• fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress". Synonyms: stick.
• pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle". Synonyms: stick.
• pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger". Synonyms: stick.
• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body", "The label stuck to the box", "The sushi rice grains cohere". Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick.
• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill", "I was stung with a huge tax bill". Synonyms: stick, sting.
• be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!", "Got me--I don't know the answer!", "a vexing problem", "This question really stuck me". Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex.

Related words

agglutinate, bind, conglutinate, elude, escape, mold, redeposit, riddle, stump.

Words nearby

stinking, stocking, ticking.

Rhymes with

kicking, licking, picking, ticking.