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stuck  (stk)
v.
Past tense and past participle of stick.

stuck
Verb
the past of stick2
Adjective
1. Informal baffled by a problem or unable to find an answer to a question
2. be stuck on Slang to feel a strong attraction to; be infatuated with
3. get stuck in Informal to perform a task with determination
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stuck - caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"
unstuck - free; "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck"
2.stuck - baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

stuck
adjective 1. fastened, fast, fixed, joined, glued, cemented
adjective 2. trapped, caught, ensnared
adjective 4. (Informal) baffled, stumped, at a loss, beaten, nonplussed, at a standstill, bereft of ideas, up against a brick wall (informal) at your wits' end be stuck on something or someone (Slang) infatuated with, obsessed with, keen on, enthusiastic about, mad about, wild about (informal) hung up on (slang) crazy about, for, or over (informal) get stuck into something (Informal) set about, tackle, get down to, make a start on, take the bit between your teeth
Translations
stuck [stʌk] pt, pp of stick
adj (= jammed) → atascado

stuck [stʌk] pt, pp of stick
adj (= jammed) → bloqué(e)coincé(e);
to get stuck → se bloquer or coincer

stuck [stʌk] pt, pp of stick
adj to be stuck (jammed) → klemmen;
(unable to answer) → nicht klarkommen;
to get stuck → stecken bleiben (fig); nicht weiterkommen

stuck [stʌk] pt, pp of stick
adj (= jammed) → bloccato/a;
to get stuck → bloccarsi

stuck stick


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Now Sultan had nobody he could ask to be his second but the shepherd's old three-legged cat; so he took her with him, and as the poor thing limped along with some trouble, she stuck up her tail straight in the air.
Angel Clare, who communistically stuck to his rule of taking part with the rest in everything, glanced up now and then.
A CARTER was driving a waggon loaded with a merchant's goods, when the wheels stuck in a rut.
 
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