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give stick

give stick verb: to abuse, insult, or denigrate.

Verb

give stick (third-person singular simple present gives stick, present participle giving stick, simple past gave stick, past participle given stick)

  1. To abuse, insult, or denigrate.

Forms of give stick

third-person singular presentgives stick
present participlegiving stick
pastgave stick
past participlegiven stick

Origin of give stick

From the literal sense of beating someone or something with a stick (especially a hockey stick).

Questions about give stick

What does give stick mean?
Give stick means to abuse, insult, or denigrate.
What part of speech is give stick?
Give stick is a verb.
What is the past tense of give stick?
The past tense of give stick is gave stick.

Words near give stick in the dictionary

  1. give something a miss
  2. give something a shot
  3. give something a try
  4. give something a whirl
  5. give something up as a bad job
  6. give stick
  7. give suck
  8. give the ax
  9. give the axe
  10. give the bird
  11. give the devil his due

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