English Explanatory Dictionary

stuck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)
adj
  1. Unable to move.
  2. Unable to progress with a task.
  3. No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
  4. In the situation of having no money.
noun
  1. A thrust, especially with a lance or sword.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/stʌk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-stuck.wav en-us-stuck.ogg /stʊk/

Word forms

stuck more stuck most stuck stucks

Etymology

Compare stoccado.

Synonyms

static unmovable fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile rigid stationary stuck unmoveable broke penniless almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impecunious impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint

Derived words

bleed like a stuck hog bleed like a stuck pig get stuck in get stuck into hardstuck Homestuck like a stuck pig permastuck squeal like a stuck pig stare like a stuck pig stuckholder stuck in a rut stuck in one's ways stuck in the mud stuck in the Stone Age stuck in time Stuckism Stuckist stuck like Chuck stuckness stuck on stuck on oneself stuck pixel stuck record stuck twin syndrome stuck up stuck-up unstuck
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary