stick
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/stɪk/]
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1. stick (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab; an instance of sticking (pricking or piercing).
Example: […]; but let me tell you, my brave boy, that a stick with a sword hurts worse than a prick with a needle.
2. stick (noun) — sense 2
Definition: An instance of piercing someone with a needle, e.g. to draw blood or start an IV.
Example: Most phlebotomists (those who do the actual venipuncture) seldom acknowledge a bad stick in front of a donor, especially if the donor is inexperienced and the vein is not a particularly trick one to reach. Rather than admit to blowing an easy stick, the phlebotomist may say or do things to indicate that nothing is wrong or may even place the blame on someone else, usually the donor.
3. stick (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A person whom one is piercing with a needle to draw blood or start an IV (especially in the context of how difficult or easy this is).
Example: I was called to start an IV on a “difficult stick.” (Notice the term we so commonly use to describe a human being who is difficult to hook up to an IV.)
4. stick (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To become or remain attached; to adhere.
Example: The tape will not stick if it melts.
5. stick (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To jam; to stop moving.
Example: The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
6. stick (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
Example: "I've had ten years of it, scratching enough out of it to dress and feed myself when the going's good and sharing a room with a girl friend or pigging it in some cheap boarding-house, and doing a perish when I've been out of a job. I've got to the point where I can't stick it any longer. I'd get out tomorrow if I could find something else to do."
7. stick (adj) — sense 7
Definition: Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
Example: A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
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