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stuck like shit

stuck like shit is the simple past and past participle 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 stuck like shit

What is stuck like shit the simple past and past participle of?
Stuck like shit is the simple past and past participle of stick like shit.

Words near stuck like shit in the dictionary

  1. stuck in time
  2. stuck it out
  3. stuck it to
  4. stuck it to the man
  5. stuck like Chuck
  6. stuck like shit
  7. stuck like shit to a blanket
  8. stuck on
  9. stuck on oneself
  10. stuck one on
  11. stuck one's dick in crazy

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