I can’t drive a stick shift! My husband
took the other car and stuck me with the
stick shift.stick someone with somethingtv. to
burden someone with something.
Please don’t stick me with the stick shift
again. He left town and stuck me with
the bill.
sticktoitiveness[stIk”tuItIvn@s] n. tenac-
ity. The kid has sticktoitiveness. I like
that in a kid. If I had more sticktoitive-
ness, maybe I could get a job.
stickum[“stIk@m] 1. n. glue. Put some
stickum on this paper and paste it up
where it can be seen. There’s no stickum
left on this stamp. 2. n. any thick and
sticky substance, especially hair dressing.
(See also slickum.) Use some stickum
on your hair! He uses too much stickum
on his hair.
sticky 1. mod. gooey. (Standard English.)
This stuff sure is sticky. What is this
sticky stuff on my shoe? Oh, no! 2. mod.
chancy; awkward. Things began to get
a little sticky, and Barlowe began to move
toward the door. When the going got
sticky, Freddy disappeared. 3. mod. sen-
timental. Things were getting a little
sticky the more Harriet drank. She tried to
kiss me, and I left. There’s a sticky part
in the movie, but other than that it’s pretty
good. 4. mod. having to do with hot and
humid weather. It’s so sticky today!
I can’t take another sticky day like this.
sticky fingersn. a tendency to steal.
Bruno has sticky fingers and likes wallets
especially. Watch these young kids
with sticky fingers who come in here “just
looking.”
stiff 1. and stiffedmod. alcohol intoxi-
cated; dead drunk. Kelly was too stiff to
find his keys. She knows how to stop
drinking before she gets stiff. 2. n. a drunk-
ard. Some stiff staggered by—belching
clouds of some beery smell. The guy’s a
stiff, and you want to run him for mayor?
Even in this town that’s going too far. 3.
mod. dead. (Originally underworld.)
He’s stiff. There’s nothing that can be done.
Yeah, he’s stiff. Don’t hit him no more.
- n. a corpse. (Underworld.) They
pulled another stiff out of the river last
night. Looks like another mob killing.
They took me into a room full of stiffs to
identify Rocko’s bod. 5. n. a fellow worker;
a fellow tramp. (Originally hobos.)
He’s just another working stiff like me.
This stiff wants some help finding a f lop
for the night. 6. tv. to fail to tip someone
who expects it. Ya know, you can tell
right away when a guy’s gonna stiff you—
ya just know. I guess I get stiffed two—
three times a day. 7. tv. to cheat someone.
The clown selling hot dogs stiffed me for
about forty cents. I really got stiffed on
that deal. Look at this cheap junk.
stiffedGo to stiff.sting 1. tv. to cheat or swindle someone;
to overcharge someone. That street
merchant stung me, but good. They are
likely to sting you in any of those hock-
shops. 2. n. a well-planned scheme to en-
trap criminals. The sting came off with-
out a hitch. It was a well-planned sting
and shouldn’t have failed. 3. tv. to entrap
and arrest someone. The feebies stung
the whole gang at once. “We’ve been
stung!” they hollered.stingern. the drawback; the catch; the
hitch. Now, here’s the stinger. Sounds
good, but what’s the stinger?stink 1. in. to be repellent. This whole
setup stinks. Your act stinks. Try another
agent. 2. n. a commotion. (See also raise
a stink (about someone or some-
thing).) The stink you made about
money has done no good at all. You’re
fired. One more stink like that and out
you go.stinker 1. n. an unpleasant or wicked per-
son. Jerry is a real stinker. Look what he
did! What stinker messed up my desk?- n. a serious problem. This whole
business is a real stinker. What a stinker
of a problem.
stinking 1. Go to stinking (drunk). 2. mod.
lousy; rotten. What a stinking mess
you’ve got yourself into. That was a
mean stinking thing to do. Really stinking!stick someone with something