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I was always the bad guy in westerns. I played more bad guys than you can shake a stick at until I played the Professor. Then I couldn't get a job being a bad guy.
Russell Johnson

Meaning of "stick at" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STICK AT

stick at play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STICK AT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stick at is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES STICK AT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stick at in the English dictionary

The definition of stick at in the dictionary is to continue constantly at.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STICK AT

stick around
stick at nothing
stick by
stick down
stick figure
stick float
stick in one´s craw
stick in one´s throat
stick insect
stick one´s bib in
stick one´s neck out
stick one´s nose into
stick out
stick out a mile
stick out for
stick pin
stick shift
stick to
stick to one´s guns
stick to someone´s fingers

WORDS THAT END LIKE STICK AT

come at
drive at
get at
go at
go crook at
have a shot at
have a smack at
have at
in at
keep at
not look at
not much to look at
on at
pick at
point the finger at
poke fun at
poke mullock at
talk at
throw the book at
wink at

Synonyms and antonyms of stick at in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stick at» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STICK AT

Find out the translation of stick at to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stick at from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stick at» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在坚持
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atenerse a
570 millions of speakers

English

stick at
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर छड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عصا في
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

придерживаться при
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficar em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্টিক এ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´en tenir à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melekat pada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bleiben an
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

でスティック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 충실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelet ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dính vào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒட்டிக்கொள்கின்றன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिकटविणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sadık kalmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bastone a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzymać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дотримуватися при
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stick de la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κολλήσει σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hou op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fastnar på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stokk på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stick at

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STICK AT»

The term «stick at» is regularly used and occupies the 72.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STICK AT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stick at

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3 QUOTES WITH «STICK AT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stick at.
1
Betty Cuthbert
You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.
2
Russell Johnson
I was always the bad guy in westerns. I played more bad guys than you can shake a stick at until I played the Professor. Then I couldn't get a job being a bad guy.
3
Philip Levine
I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STICK AT»

Discover the use of stick at in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stick at and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
More Texas sayings than you can shake a stick at
If you weren't blessed with being Texan, this book sheds some light on what you're hearing and what it means. Alphabetized by subject, these irrepressible Texas quips are dressed up with original illustrations by Austin artist Edd Patton.
Anne Dingus, 1996
2
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
She was in a very pretty state of nerves by then. stew oneself- fret oneself into a state of heated anxiety: The cashier was stewing himself over the sum of £I0 which was missing. stick at something stick to something stick with something stick at ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
3
More Short Plays Than You Can Poke a Stick At!
A selection of short plays useful for discussion pieces and for performance assessment.
Greg Rudd, 1989
4
Not a Stick
Antoinette Portis again captures the thrill of when pretend feels so real that it becomes real.
Antoinette Portis, 2011
5
English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
stick at sth stick together stick at sth kembengul; punoj me kembengulje, nuk i ndahem (punes); jepem (qepem) pas □ / stick at my painting five or six hours a day. O 'You can get the report written inside a week, but you 'll need to stick at it.
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
6
Get Rich for the Poor: Buch
Whenever he pointed his walking stick at somebody, something bad was bound to happen. For instance, when he pointed his stick at somebody, that person could be falsely accused of being a thief. Due to the possession of the walking stick, ...
Abdul Fadul Kamara, 2008
7
The Methodist visitor
48 ONE STICK AT A TIME. " It is such a monstrous pile," I said to myself a dozen times. Presently out came mother. I jumped up. " Willie," she said, cheerfully, "I wotdd go to work in earnest. You will soon get it in." " It is so monstrous, mother," I  ...
8
Character Animation: 2D Skills for Better 3D
For the first key position draw your stick at a )aunty angle. The stick is going to move forward in an arc to an angle that is a mirror image of the first position. This is key 2. This is at frame 17. Bring the stick back to the same position as key 1.
Steve Roberts, 2007
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The practical surveyor: containing the most approved methods ...
so that the stick at B exactly cover it from the top to the bottom. But if it so happen, that you cannot move backwards at all towards G ; then having planted the stick at B, as upright as you can, let your second assistant move forwards towards C, ...
John Hammond (surveyor.), Samuel Warner, 1750
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The Practical Surveyor ... First Published in Part, by J. ...
so that the stick at B exactly cover it from the top to the bottom. But if it so happen, that you cannot move backwards at all towards G; then having planted the stick at B, as upright as you can, let your second affistant move forwards towards C, ...
John Hammond (surveyor.), Samuel WARNER, 1750

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