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A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch
Branch

A branch or tree branch is a woody structural Limb connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree . Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.....
 from a tree without the leaves that may be refined.






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A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch
Branch

A branch or tree branch is a woody structural Limb connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree . Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.....
 from a tree without the leaves that may be refined. Stick may refer to:
  • Floorballstick, a small plastic or carbon stick, with a blade, used in floorball
    Floorball

    Floorball, often referred to as floor hockey, is an indoor team sport, which was developed in the 1970s. It is a fast paced sport, with limited physical contact allowed....
  • Chopsticks
    Chopsticks

    Chopsticks are a pair of small, equal-length, tapered sticks. They are used as the traditional eating utensils of China, Japan, Korea, Republic of China, and Vietnam....
    , an eating utensil
  • Rod
    Switch (rod)

    A switch is a flexible rod, typically used for physical punishment of the birching type, called switching after it, especially when using a single branch: multiple branches are rather called a rod, a less flexible single rod is rather called a caning, an inflexible one a stick; a paddle is broader but hard and flattened....
    , cane
    Cane

    A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as a walking stick, or as an instrument of corporal punishment....
    , or hickory stick, disciplinary implements
  • Pointing stick
    Pointing stick

    The pointing stick is an isometric joystick used as a pointing device . It was invented by research scientist Ted Selker. It is present on many brands of laptop, including IBM line of ThinkPad laptops , Toshiba Satellite laptops, HP business notebooks and on Dell Latitudes under the name of Track Stick....
    , an indicator
  • Swagger stick
    Swagger stick

    A swagger stick is a short stick or Crop usually carried by a uniformed person as a symbol of authority. A swagger stick is shorter than a staff or cane, and is usually made from rattan....
    , a formal attribute
  • Club (weapon)
    Club (weapon)

    A club is among the simplest of all weapons. A club is essentially a short staff , or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon....
     or staff (stick)
    Staff (stick)

    A staff is a large, thick stick or stick-shaped object used to help with walking, as a status symbol, as a component of traditional cooper , or as a weapon....
    , weapons
  • Tally sticks
    Tally sticks

    A tally was an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages. While the origin of this technique is lost in prehistory, archaeological proof of the existence of such devices is ample....
    , a marking medium
  • Walking stick
    Walking stick

    A walking stick is a device used by many people to facilitate balancing whilst walking. It may be used as a defensive or offensive weapon, and may conceal a knife or sword as in a swordstick....
    , a mobility aid
  • Fire stick, a stick for making fire
In objects of similar shape:
  • A stick of dynamite
    Dynamite

    Dynamite is an Explosive material based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth or another absorbent substance such as sawdust as an adsorbent....
  • Joystick
    Joystick

    A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer....
    , the control column in an aircraft cockpit
    Cockpit

    A cockpit is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. Most modern cockpits are enclosed, except on some small aircraft, and cockpits on large airliners are also physically separated from the cabin....
    , or a computer game controller
  • Prayer stick
    Prayer stick

    A prayer stick is a stick-shaped object used for prayer.For example, the rituals of the Pueblo contain many prayers; thus the Zu?i have prayers for food, health, and rain....
  • Polo stick, hockey stick
    Hockey stick

    A hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in field hockey, ice hockey, or roller hockey to move the ball or puck....
    , lacrosse stick
    Lacrosse stick

    A lacrosse stick or crosse is a long handled racket that is used in the sport of lacrosse to handle the lacrosse ball and to strike at opposing players....
    , etc. in sports
  • Memory stick
    Memory Stick

    Memory Stick is a removable flash memory memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998 , and is also used in general to describe the whole family of Memory Sticks....
    , a device for storing digital information.
  • Modem stick (i.e. Huawei E172).
  • Stick shift
    Manual transmission

    A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....
    , automobile transmission


The sticks may refer to:
  • The boondocks, a remote area, or a city or town that is considered unsophisticated


Stick may also refer to:
  • Adhesion
    Adhesion

    Adhesion is the tendency of certain dissimilar molecules to cling together due to attractive forces....
  • Stick (unit)
    Stick (unit)

    A stick, when used as a unit, is usually two inches, i.e. 1 E-2 m . It was once used in the English tailoring business, but has now fallen out of use completely....
    , an ancient unit of length (2 inch ˜ 5 cm), cfr. in yard
    Yard

    A yard is a Units of measurement of length in several different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units....
  • Silver Stick and Gold Stick, certain functions named after a ceremonial attribute
  • Stick (comics)
    Stick (comics)

    Stick is a Fictional character American comic book character owned by Marvel Comics who appears in that company's Marvel Universe...
    , a character in Marvel Comics, predominantly Daredevil
  • Stick-Eastlake, a type of Victorian architecture
  • Stick (film)
    Stick (film)

    Stick is a 1985 film starring Burt Reynolds and Candice Bergen . Ernest 'Stick' Stickley has just returned from prison, and soon after he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour....
    , a movie featuring Burt Reynolds and music by Anne Murray
  • Penis
    Penis

    The penis is an external sex organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates.The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an intromittent organ, and for Eutheria, additionally serves as the external organ of urination....
     (slang)


In nicknames:
  • Sticks for the Led Zeppelin album Led Zeppelin IV
    Led Zeppelin IV

    The untitled fourth album by English Rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. It has no official title printed anywhere on the album, and is generally referred to as Led Zeppelin IV after the band's previous three numbered albums....
  • Sticks for Stephen Kernahan
    Stephen Kernahan

    Stephen Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with Carlton Football Club and Glenelg Football Club in the 1980s and 1990s....
    , former Australian rules football champion with the Carlton Football Club
  • Stick for Gene Michael
    Gene Michael

    Eugene Richard Michael is a former player, manager and executive in Major League Baseball....
    , former baseball infielder and manager
  • Candlestick Park, the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers
    San Francisco 49ers

    The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team. The team plays its home games in , while the club's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara, California....
     and former home of the San Francisco Giants
  • Sticks is Jaina Solo's
    Jaina Solo

    Jaina Solo is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe , the eldest child of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa. She is also the elder twin of Jacen Solo by five minutes and the sister of Anakin Solo....
     Nickname while she is in Rogue Squadron
    Rogue Squadron

    Rogue Squadron is a starfighter squadron in the Star Wars science fiction saga. It first appears in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope as Red Squadron, the elite X-wing squadron that Luke Skywalker is assigned to after joining the Rebel Alliance....
     from Starwars


In music:
  • Clapstick
    Clapstick

    Clapsticks or clappers are a type of drumstick or percussion mallet that are used to serve the purpose of maintaining rhythm.Unlike drumsticks, which are generally used to strike a drum, clapsticks are intended for striking one stick on another....
    , a musical instrument that traditionally accompanies the didgeridoo
  • Chapman Stick
    Chapman Stick

    The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. He set out to create an instrument designed for the "Free Hands" tapping method of both hands parallel to the frets that he invented in 1969....
    , a musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s


In the military:
  • A cluster of bomb
    Bomb

    A bomb is any of a range of explosive devices that typically rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to produce an extremely sudden and violent release of energy....
    s
  • A group of (generally) 12 paratrooper
    Paratrooper

    Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an Airborne forces.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land....
    s


In language:
  • to give stick, British English slang expression meaning 'to give denigration or criticism' for something to someone


See also

  • Poohsticks
    Poohsticks

    Poohsticks is a game first mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner, a Winnie-the-Pooh book by A. A. Milne. It is a simple game which may be played on any bridge over running water; each player drops a branch on the upstream side of a bridge and the one whose stick first appears on the downstream side is the winner....
    , a game
  • Styx (disambiguation)
  • Stick insect or "walking stick", an insect
  • Stick figure
    Stick figure

    A stick figure is a very simple type of drawing made of lines and dots, often of the human form or other animals. In a stick figure, the head is represented by a circle, sometimes embellished with details such as eyes, mouth or crudely-scratched-out hair....
    , also known as a stick man
  • Stick Cricket
    Stick Cricket

    Stick Cricket is a Adobe Flash cricket gaming website. It was developed originally by Cann Creative, a company from Sydney, Australia. Cann Creative later partnered with Advergamer, a company from London, England to further develop Stick Cricket into an internet phenomenon....
    , an online game
  • The Sticks, Hiberno-English
    Hiberno-English

    Hiberno-English also known as Anglo-Irish and Irish English is English language as spoken in Ireland, partly the result of the interaction of the English and Irish languages....
     slang for the countryside
  • Sticky
    Sticky

    Stickiness or the quality of being sticky can refer to several things:* the physical phenomena of adhesion and Cohesion * the defining physico-chemical property of glue...
  • Centre stick
    Centre stick

    An aircraft cockpit arrangement where the control column is located conventionally in the centre of the cockpit between the Aviator's legs. Since the throttle controls are typically located to the left of the pilot, the right hand is used for the stick, although left-hand or both-hands operation is possible if required....
    , a cockpit arrangement with the control column located centrally
  • Side-stick
    Side-stick

    An aircraft cockpit arrangement where the control column is located to the side of the Aviator, usually at the right .The throttle controls are typically located to the left of the pilot ....
    , a cockpit arrangement with the control column located at the side
  • The Sticks
    The Sticks

    The Sticks are a five-piece band, from Manchester, England. They comprise of Tom Rush , his sister, Poppy Rush, James Moores , George Haydock and Danny Heaton ....
    , an Australian band