flat stick meaning: definition, quotations

flat stick

adj

Australia, New Zealand Extremely busy or fast-paced.

I've been digging around for some stuff for you. Unfortunately we're a bit pushed for time at the moment as we're heading back to the homeland—New Zealand—via Britain & Europe—so what with packing our stuff up and getting that off and trying to make the odd arrangement for travel we've been "flat stick."1970 September, Peter Hansen, “Summer in Fort Resolution”, in Whole Earth Catalog, Point Foundation, page 24, column 2:
"Only thing is, I'm flat stick. Can't get onto it until the end of the month. You wanna courtesy car?"2010, Michael Brown, Finding the Field: An Adventure of Body, Mind and Spirit, →ISBN, page 142:

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You start your career through sevens. It's such a great way to learn the game. It's flat stick and you have to make decisions under pressure. It's a fast-track to becoming a very good rugby player.2017 January 21, George Gregan, quotee, “Rugby: Gregan sticks with Cheika”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland: NZME, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023:
At 9am on a Wednesday morning it's flat stick at Jet Patel's cafe, Kanteen. It's the second rush of the morning – a bunch of Wellington office workers already got their fix a few hours before.2022 August 6, Bess Manson, “Hospo workers busting a gut to keep our public living rooms open”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022:

adv

Australia, New Zealand As quickly as possible; at top speed.

Wade placed him in a large plastic rubbish bin full of sea water and off we went flat stick back to the El Torito near the Sand Garden. Howard tagged Sammy and let him go in this alien world, Walt filming the reactions of the other males to this stranger.1975, Wade Doak, Sharks and Other Ancestors: Patterns of Survival in the South Seas, Auckland […]: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 303:
He then drives us flat stick into the setting sun to home.2012, Gail Brenssell-Rakuraku, Go Kick Arse Ma!, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 69:

noun

Golf, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A golf club intended for putting; a putter.

As I walked (it was time for a break) off the fourteenth green, it hit me what I'd just done: I'd just birdied five holes in a row while running—without a putter. I've never birdied those holes consecutively before or since that moment, and I've played them dozens of times with my trusty flatstick in the bag and plenty of time to read the green.2007, Christopher Smith, I've Got 99 Swing Thoughts but "Hit the Ball" Ain't One, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:
Cameron Smith's 150th Open Championship came, above all else, with his putter. And deservedly so. His flat stick caught fire on Sunday, helping him onto five birdies to start the back nine and a 64 seize the trophy from Rory McIlroy's grasp.2022 July 17, Luke Kerr-Dineen, “How the beer-loving Cameron Smith lost weight — and gained distance”, in Golf Magazine, New York, N.Y.: EB Golf Media LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, stick.

Flat sticks are very uncommon in nature—in fact, tree branches usually tend to be rather round.
If the seam still refuses to stay flat, it will have to be held down, giving the adhesive more time to cure. One way is to press a flat stick or board against the seam and hold it in place with a heavy chair or other piece of furniture.1992 February 15, Gene Austin, “How to mend vinyl wallpaper seams”, in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, M.D.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2021:

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