English

Verb

stuck

1. simple past tense and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

Adjective

stuck ‎(comparative more stuck, superlative most stuck)

1. Trapped and unable to move.

   Sue tried to squeeze through the window, but got stuck.

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

2. Unable to progress.

   I'm stuck on this question in the test.

3. Stop work (functioning), freeze up, freeze.

   The program always gets stuck when I have more than one window open.

Derived terms

• stuck on

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare stoccado.

Noun

stuck ‎(plural stucks)

1. (obsolete) A thrust.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 160:

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

Anagrams

• tucks