Stick
English
Etymology 1
The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.[1]
Noun
Stick (plural Sticks)
- (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Stick
- (music) The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
See also
- Chapman Stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stick Enterprises
References
- ^ Wharton, K. (2019). Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019. United Kingdom: History Press
Anagrams
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognates include German Stück, Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (“piece”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥iɡ̥/
Noun
Stick n (plural Stick, diminutive Stickl or Stickerl)
- one, item, piece (of something countable; often untranslated in English)
- head (a single animal)
- piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
- something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but uncommon of novels and films)
- Synonym: Stickl
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪk/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Stick m (strong, genitive Sticks, plural Sticks)
- (informal) stick in any English sense that applies to computing
Related terms
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtik/
Noun
Stick n (plural Stick or Sticker, diminutive Stickche or Stickelche)