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sticking like shit

sticking like shit is the present participle and gerund of stick like shit.

Meaning of stick like shit

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

Questions about sticking like shit

What is sticking like shit the present participle and gerund of?
Sticking like shit is the present participle and gerund of stick like shit.

Words near sticking like shit in the dictionary

  1. sticking in someone's gullet
  2. sticking in someone's throat
  3. sticking it out
  4. sticking it to
  5. sticking it to the man
  6. sticking like shit
  7. sticking like shit to a blanket
  8. sticking one on
  9. sticking one's dick in crazy
  10. sticking one's foot in it
  11. sticking one's foot in one's mouth

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