stuck
/stʌk/
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Ireland/stʊk/
stuck is the simple past and past participle of stick.
Adjective
stuck (comparative more stuck, superlative most stuck)
- Unable to move.
- Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.
- If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.
- Unable to progress with a task.
- I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.
- No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
- There are several ways to close a stuck program.
- In the situation of having no money.
Meaning of stick
Verb (1)
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle sticked)
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
- to stick type
- To furnish or set with sticks.
- To hit with a stick.
Verb (2)
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle stuck or (archaic) sticked)
Noun
stuck (plural stucks)
- A thrust, especially with a lance or sword.
- If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
Proper noun capitalized: Stuck
Stuck (plural Stucks)
- A surname.
Synonyms of stuck
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- rigid
- stationary
- unmoveable
- broke
- penniless
- almsless
- arm
- badly off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- boracic
- broken
- broker than the Ten Commandments
- destitute
- dirt poor
- disadvantaged
- down and out
- down at heel
- down on one's luck
- down on one's uppers
- empty-handed
- farthingless
- feeling the pinch
- flat
- goodless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
Forms of stuck
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more stuck |
| superlative | most stuck |
| Noun | |
| plural | stucks |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Stucks |
Origin of stuck
Compare stoccado.
German surname, from the noun Stück (“portion, piece”). Compare Stueck.
Words formed from stuck
- bleed like a stuck hog
- bleed like a stuck pig
- get stuck in
- get stuck into
- hardstuck
- Homestuck
- like a stuck pig
- permastuck
- squeal like a stuck pig
- stare like a stuck pig
- stuckholder
- stuck in a rut
- stuck in one's ways
- stuck in the mud
- stuck in the Stone Age
- stuck in time
- Stuckism
- Stuckist
- stuck like Chuck
- stuckness
- stuck on
- stuck on oneself
- stuck pixel
- stuck record
- stuck twin syndrome
- stuck up
- stuck-up
- unstuck
Phrases with stuck
- stuck at
- stuck by
- stuck to
- stuck fat
- stuck out
- stuck down
- stuck with
- stuck it to
- got stuck in
- stuck around
- stuck it out
- stuck one on
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- stuck pixels
- stuck up for
- gets stuck in
- stuck records
- got stuck into
- stuck together
- gets stuck into
- gotten stuck in
- stuck like shit
- getting stuck in
- stuck at nothing
- stuck out a mile
- stuck someone on
- stuck the landing
- stuck to business
- getting stuck into
- stuck one's oar in
- stuck the knife in
- stuck it to the man
- stuck to one's guns
- stuck to one's last
- stuck to one's post
- stuck to one's text
- stuck one's neck out
- stuck one's nose into
- stuck in one's gizzard
- stuck one's foot in it
- stuck one's tongue out
- stared like a stuck pig
- stares like a stuck pig
- stuck in someone's craw
- stuck to one's knitting
- stuck to someone's ribs
- squeals like a stuck pig
- staring like a stuck pig
- stuck a needle in my eye
- bleeding like a stuck hog
- bleeding like a stuck pig
- squealed like a stuck pig
- stuck in someone's gullet
- stuck in someone's throat
- stuck one's dick in crazy
- squealing like a stuck pig
- stuck out like dog's balls
- stuck out like a sore thumb
- stuck like shit to a blanket
- stuck one's head in the sand
- stuck one's foot in one's mouth
- threw things at the wall and saw what stuck
- would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on
- thrown things at the wall and seen what has stuck
Words that rhyme with stuck
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Questions about stuck
- What does stuck mean?
- Stuck means unable to move.
- What is stuck the simple past and past participle of?
- Stuck is the simple past and past participle of stick.
- What part of speech is stuck?
- Stuck can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stuck?
- Stuck is pronounced /stʌk/.
Words near stuck in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stuck (page history and authors); Stuck (page history and authors); stick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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