That is the result of a dreadful stew. I won-
der what’s wrong.stew bumn. a drunkard; an alcoholic.
You’re going to end up a stew bum if you
don’t lay off the moonshine. Those stew
bums could use a bath.
stewed to the earsGo to stewed to the
gills.
stewed to the gills and stewed to the
earsmod. alcohol intoxicated. Why
does a grown man have to get stewed to the
gills every night of his life if there isn’t
something a little wrong with him?
Here’s old Charlie—stewed to the ears, as
always.
stewed (up) and stewmod. alcohol in-
toxicated. (See also sense 1 for stew.)
Gary was too stewed to remember his
name. The kid was stewed up and
scared to death of what his parents were
going to do to him.
stick 1. n. a baseball bat. (Baseball.) He
started to run and tripped over the stick.
He holds the stick up higher than most
batters. 2. n. a pool cue. He drew the
stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave
the cue ball a sharp knock. The guy was
so mad he broke the stick over his knee! 3.
n. a golf club. These aren’t my sticks,
and you aren’t my caddy. What’s going on
around here? I wanted a new set of
sticks for Christmas, but I got a snowmo-
bile instead. 4. n. the lever that controls
the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the
tail of an aircraft. The pilot pulled back
on the stick, and the plane did nothing—
being that he hadn’t even started the en-
gine or anything. You pull back on the
stick, which lowers the tail and raises the
nose, and up you go. 5. n. a gearshift lever
in a car. (See also stick shift.) I keep
reaching for the stick in a car with auto-
matic. Put the stick in reverse and move
back slowly. 6. n. a drunkard. Some
stick threw up on my car. Get that stick
out of here before he makes a mess. 7. n. a
person’s legs. (Always plural.) Get those
sticks moving! Get over here now! He’s
got good sticks under him, but he won’t use
them. 8. thesticks n. a rural or back-
woods area. (Always with thein this
sense and always plural.) I hated liv-
ing in the sticks. You hear a lot about
how things are in the sticks. They’re worse.
stick aroundin. to remain nearby. Stick
around. Things are bound to get better.
I think if you’ll stick around, you’ll get a
seat sooner or later.
Stick ’em up!Go to Hands up!
sticker shockn. the shock at seeing just
how much something new, usually an au-
tomobile, costs as determined by looking
at the price tag or sticker. I went to a
car dealer today, and I am still suffering
from sticker shock. If sticker shock is get-
ting you down, think about getting a used
car.
stick in the mudn. a dull and old-fash-
ioned person. Don’t be such an old stick
in the mud. Some stick in the mud ob-
jected to the kind of music we wanted to
play in church.
stick it to someonetv. to give someone a
problem; to confront someone. They
stuck it to me about the stopped up drain.
He was late, and the boss really stuck it
to him.
stick like shit to a shovelGo to cling like
shit to a shovel.
stick mann. a police patrol officer (who
carries a stick). The stick man is due
here in about three minutes. Hurry. I
was a stick man for a few years till my feet
went bad.
stick one’s nose in (where it’s not
wanted) Go to put one’s nose in
(where it’s not wanted).
stick out like a sore thumbin. to be very
obvious. That zit really sticks out like
a sore thumb. Do you think I would stick
out like a sore thumb at the party if I wear
this coat?
sticksGo to stick.
stick shift 1. mod. having to do with a
nonautomatic transmission or a car that
has one. I prefer a stick shift car—I
don’t know why. The stick shift models
are cheaper—that’s why. This one’s stick
shift. 2. n. a nonautomatic transmission.stick shift