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stick like shit

stick like shit verb: to be very tenacious, or be very difficult to get rid of.

Verb

stick like shit (third-person singular simple present sticks like shit, present participle sticking like shit, simple past and past participle stuck like shit)

  1. (slang, vulgar, simile) To be very tenacious, or be very difficult to get rid of.
    • 'But you know what a nickname is like – it sticks like shit.'2011, Howard Jacobson, In the Land of Oz, page 191

Synonyms of stick like shit

Forms of stick like shit

third-person singular presentsticks like shit
present participlesticking like shit
past participlestuck like shit
paststuck like shit

Questions about stick like shit

What does stick like shit mean?
Stick like shit means to be very tenacious, or be very difficult to get rid of.
What part of speech is stick like shit?
Stick like shit is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick like shit?
The past tense of stick like shit is stuck like shit.

Words near stick like shit in the dictionary

  1. stick it to
  2. stick it to the man
  3. stick lac
  4. stick letter
  5. stick letters
  6. stick like shit
  7. stick like shit to a blanket
  8. stick man
  9. stick men
  10. stick note
  11. stick notes

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