Stick

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== Stick (plural Sticks) (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA. ===== Synonyms ===== Sticky === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Stick (music) The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman. ===== See also ===== Chapman Stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Stick Enterprises === References === === Anagrams === ticks == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Stuck === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥iɡ̥/ === Noun === Stick n (plural Stick, diminutive Stickl or Stickerl) one, item, piece (of something countable; often untranslated in English) head (a single animal) piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass) something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but uncommon of novels and films) Synonym: Stickl == German == === Etymology === From English stick. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɪk/ === Noun === Stick m (strong, genitive Sticks, plural Sticks) (informal) stick in any English sense that applies to computing ==== Related terms ==== Joystick m USB-Stick m RAM-Stick m == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃtik/ === Noun === Stick n (plural Stick or Sticker, diminutive Stickche or Stickelche) piece === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Stick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch