Stick
A stick is a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch from a tree without the leaves.
The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for:
stick.
Stick may mean:
- Chopsticks, an eating utensil
- Rod, cane, or hickory stick, disciplinary implements
- Pointing stick, an indicator
- Swagger stick, a formal attribute
- Club (weapon) or staff (stick), weapons
- Tally sticks, a marking medium
- Walking stick, a mobility aid
- Fire stick, a stick for making fire
In objects of similar shape:
- A stick of dynamite
- Joystick, a computer game controller
- Prayer stick
- Polo stick, hockey stick, lacrosse stick, etc. in sports
- Memory stick, a device for storing digital information
- Stick shift, automobile transmission
Stick may also mean:
- Stick (unit), an ancient unit of length (2 inch ≈ 5 cm), cfr. in yard
- Silver Stick and Gold Stick, certain functions named after a ceremonial attribute
- Stick (comics), a character in Marvel Comics, predominantly Daredevil
- Stick-Eastlake, a type of Victorian architecture
- Stick (film), a movie featuring Burt Reynolds and music by Anne Murray
In nicknames:
- Sticks for the Led Zeppelin album Led Zeppelin IV
- Sticks for Stephen Kernahan, former Australian rules football champion with the Carlton Football Club
- Stick for Gene Michael, former baseball infielder and manager
- Candlestick Park, the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers, now known as Monster Park
In music:
- Clapstick, a musical instrument that traditionally accompanies the didgeridoo
- Chapman Stick, a musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s
Related pages
- Pogo Stick, pole with a spring up its botttom
- Poohsticks, a game
- Styx (band) and Styx (album), an American rock group and their debut album
- Stick insect or "walking stick", an insect
- Stick figure, also known as a stick man
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