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sticks like shit

sticks like shit is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is sticks like shit the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sticks like shit is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stick like shit.

Words near sticks like shit in the dictionary

  1. sticks in someone's throat
  2. sticks in the mud
  3. sticks it out
  4. sticks it to
  5. sticks it to the man
  6. sticks like shit
  7. sticks like shit to a blanket
  8. sticks of furniture
  9. sticks of gum
  10. sticks one on
  11. sticks one's dick in crazy

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