Sticking

//ˈstɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.

    "Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand."

  2. 2
    Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc. historical, in-plural

    "six ounces of clods and stickings boiled"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stick form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary wordnet

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abidingadherenceadhesiveaffixationagglomerationagglutination

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"A pencil is sticking out of your pocket."

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