Stick

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English

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Etymology 1

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The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.[1]

Noun

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Stick (plural Sticks)

  1. (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.
Synonyms
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A 10-string Stick.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Stick

  1. (music) The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
See also
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References

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  1. ^ Wharton, K. (2019). Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019. United Kingdom: History Press

Anagrams

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognates include German Stück, Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (piece).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Stick n (plural Stick, diminutive Stickl or Stickerl)

  1. one, item, piece (of something countable; often untranslated in English)
  2. head (a single animal)
  3. piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
  4. something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but uncommon of novels and films)
    Synonym: Stickl

German

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Etymology

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From English stick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stɪk/
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Noun

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Stick m (strong, genitive Sticks, plural Sticks)

  1. (informal) stick in any English sense that applies to computing
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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Stick n (plural Stick or Sticker, diminutive Stickche or Stickelche)

  1. piece

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