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Sticks

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of stick form-of, plural
  2. 2
    rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region. derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

    "We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer."

  3. 3
    plural of Stick form-of, plural
  4. 4
    Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over. plural, plural-only

    "It was a maiden race over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip off and make the running throughout."

  5. 5
    crutches plural, plural-only, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of stick form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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