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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STUCK, pret. and pp. of stick.
Stuck oer with titles, and hung round with strings.
STUCK, n. A thrust. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" [ant: unstuck]
2: baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

Merriam Webster's

past and past participle of stick

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of STICK(2).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stick Stick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuck(Obs. Sticked); p. pr. & vb. n. Sticking.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct, Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak, Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in sewing, Style for or in writing.] 1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast. And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer. It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak. 3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak. The points of spears are stuck within the shield. --Dryden. 4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. 5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. 6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. 7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner. 8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant] 9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. 10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.] 11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang] To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stuck Stuck, imp. & p. p. of Stick.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stuck Stuck, n. [Cf. 1st Stoccado.] A thrust. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Stuck is the past tense and past participle of stick. 2. If something is stuck in a particular position, it is fixed tightly in this position and is unable to move. He said his car had got stuck in the snow... She had got something stuck between her teeth. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ prep/adv 3. If you are stuck in a place, you want to get away from it, but are unable to. I was stuck at home with flu... ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 4. If you are stuck in a boring or unpleasant situation, you are unable to change it or get away from it. I don't want to get stuck in another job like that... = trapped ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 5. If something is stuck at a particular level or stage, it is not progressing or changing. The negotiations have got stuck on a number of key issues... US unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate stuck at 7 per cent... ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 6. If you are stuck with something that you do not want, you cannot get rid of it. Many people are now stuck with expensive fixed-rate mortgages... ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 7. If you get stuck when you are trying to do something, you are unable to continue doing it because it is too difficult. They will be there to help if you get stuck... ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ on n 8. If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination. (BRIT INFORMAL) We're bottom of the league and we have to get stuck in. PHRASE: V inflects

Moby Thesaurus

addled, adhering, agglutinate, aground, anchored, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, bonded, buffaloed, castaway, caught, cemented, chained, cleaving, clinging, close, coherent, cohering, cohesive, confounded, dazed, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, floored, foundered, fuddled, glued, grounded, held, high and dry, holding together, impacted, in a dilemma, in suspense, inextricable, jammed, licked, marooned, moored, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, on the rocks, packed, perplexed, puzzled, secure, set, set fast, shipwrecked, sticking, stranded, stuck fast, stumped, swamped, taped, tethered, thrown, tied, tight, transfixed, wedged, wrecked