stuck

adj, noun — 5 senses

stuck

adj

/stʌk/ · IE /stʊk/

1

Unable to move.

Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.
If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.

2

Unable to progress with a task.

I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.

3

No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

There are several ways to close a stuck program.

4

Archaic, Slang In the situation of having no money.

Derived terms: 28 terms
bleed like a stuck hog, bleed like a stuck pig, get stuck in, get stuck into, hardstuck, Homestuck, like a stuck pig, permastuck, squeal like a stuck pig, stare like a stuck pig, stuckholder, stuck in a rut, stuck in one's ways, stuck in the mud, stuck in the Stone Age, stuck in time, Stuckism, Stuckist, stuck like Chuck, stuckness, stuck on, stuck on oneself, stuck pixel, stuck record, stuck twin syndrome, stuck up, stuck-up, unstuck

stuck

noun

Etymology Compare stoccado.

1

Obsolete A thrust, especially with a lance or sword.

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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