Direct Cross-Language Association: “Stuck” in German
This word also exists in German! Meaning: “stucco”
stuck
EN • English
//stʌk//
Direct German Translations & Equivalents:
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Definitions & Usage
verb
#1simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)
adjective
#2Unable to move.
Example: “Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.”
Example: “If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.”
adjective
#3Unable to progress with a task.
Example: “I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.”
adjective
#4No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
Example: “There are several ways to close a stuck program.”
adjective
#5(slang, archaic) In the situation of having no money.
noun
#6(obsolete) A thrust, especially with a lance or sword.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.”
— c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], line 160:
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