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Definition of Stuck
1. Adjective. Caught or fixed. "Stuck in the mud"
2. Adjective. Baffled. "This problem has me completely stuck"
Definition of Stuck
1. n. A thrust.
Definition of Stuck
1. Adjective. Trapped and unable to move. ¹
2. Adjective. Unable to progress. ¹
3. Verb. (past of stick) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stuck
1. stick [v] - See also: stick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuck
Literary usage of Stuck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"And from the strings the arrows sprang ; and thick The javelins pour'd, and some
transpierced the flesh Of blooming warriors slain ; but in mid space, stuck ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Stud o'er with titles, and hung round with That thou may'st be by kings, or whores
of kings. fafe. strings, STVCK. nj A thrust. he gives me the stuck in ..."
3. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law: Or, The by John Austin, Robert Campbell (1875)
"... and a body of statute kw stuck patch- wise on a groundwork of judiciary law.
The latter mutt be irregular ; must be bulky ; and therefore must be ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"He stuck gallantly to his work, and went was with a sad heart. In 1806 he went
to Lon- at Stirling in 1820, and, ..."
5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"We mildly suggested " Tjalk" to skipper, but he stuck to Yacht. Well, whichever
it was, she danced merrily over the waves. She did not plough through, ..."
6. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"A solitary stake stuck up, or a sharper sand-hill than usual, is remarkable as
a landmark for miles; while for music you hear only the ceaseless sound of ..."
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