Word.ws English Dictionary

stuck one's oar in

stuck one's oar in is the simple past and past participle of stick one's oar in.

Meaning of stick one's oar in

Verb

stick one's oar in (third-person singular simple present sticks one's oar in, present participle sticking one's oar in, simple past and past participle stuck one's oar in)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To meddle, to interfere; to stick one's nose into (something).
    • I don't want her coming and sticking her oar in – she doesn't know anything about our financials.

Questions about stuck one's oar in

What is stuck one's oar in the simple past and past participle of?
Stuck one's oar in is the simple past and past participle of stick one's oar in.

Words near stuck one's oar in in the dictionary

  1. stuck one's foot in it
  2. stuck one's foot in one's mouth
  3. stuck one's head in the sand
  4. stuck one's neck out
  5. stuck one's nose into
  6. stuck one's oar in
  7. stuck one's tongue out
  8. stuck out
  9. stuck out a mile
  10. stuck out like a sore thumb
  11. stuck out like dog's balls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stuck one's oar in (page history and authors); stick one's oar in (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “stuck one's oar in.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/stuck_one%27s_oar_in. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.