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| club |
a heavy stick, esp. of wood, used as a weapon. [1/7 definitions] |
| cock2 |
to stick up or turn up. [1/2 definitions] |
| cohere |
to lump, hold, or stick together. [1/2 definitions] |
| cotton candy |
a candy consisting of melted sugar spun into a fluffy mass around a stick or paper cone. |
| crayon |
a colored stick or pencil, esp. one made of wax, used for drawing and coloring. [1/3 definitions] |
| crosse |
a long-handled stick with a net pouch attached to one end, used to catch, throw, or carry a lacrosse ball. |
| cue2 |
a long stick, narrow at the tip, that is used by pool and billiards players to hit the ball. [1/4 definitions] |
| divining rod |
a forked stick used by dowsers to search for underground water; dowsing rod. |
| drub |
to beat, as with a stick or club. [2/3 definitions] |
| drumstick |
a stick used to play a drum. [1/2 definitions] |
| extrude |
to stick out; protrude or project. [1/3 definitions] |
| ferule |
a rod, flat stick, or cane used for punishing children. [1/2 definitions] |
| gad2 |
a long stick or prod used for driving cattle; goad. [1/3 definitions] |
| gong |
a large metallic disk that makes a deep resonant sound when struck with a stick or mallet. [1/2 definitions] |
| gum1 |
to treat or stick together with or as if with gum. [1/10 definitions] |
| hang out |
to stick out and hang downwards. [1/6 definitions] |
| hickory |
the wood of a hickory tree, or a rod made of this wood for use as a walking stick or switch. [1/2 definitions] |
| hobbyhorse |
a child's toy with an imitation horse's head at the end of a long stick, which the child pretends to ride. [1/3 definitions] |
| jam1 |
to disable by causing a part to stick, catch, or slip. [1/12 definitions] |
| joss stick |
a stick of incense that the Chinese burn in honor of a joss. |
| joystick |
(informal) the control stick of an airplane, or any similar controlling device. |
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