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Stuck

//stʌk// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to move.

    "Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck."

  2. 2
    Unable to progress with a task.

    "I’m totally stuck on this question in the test."

  3. 3
    No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

    "There are several ways to close a stuck program."

  4. 4
    In the situation of having no money. archaic, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    caught or fixed wordnet
  2. 2
    baffled wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A thrust, especially with a lance or sword. obsolete

    "If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked) form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare stoccado.

Etymology 2

German surname, from the noun Stück (“portion, piece”). Compare Stueck.

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