sticks in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sticks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stick1 [Am stɪk, Brit stɪk] N

1. stick C:

See also up

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

3. stick (put, place):

stick inf

I.stick up VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.stick out VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

See also thumb, mile

I.thumb [Am θəm, Brit θʌm] N

dedo m gordo inf

mile [Am maɪl, Brit mʌɪl] N

it sticks or stands out a mile

stick-on [Am ˈstɪkɑn, Brit ˈstɪkɒn] ADJ

sticks in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sticks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

sticks Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in the sticks
to up sticks Brit inf
go and stick it up your arse Brit [or ass Am] !
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Several of us were hit by night sticks, trampled by horses, was hit in the head, right here, by the night stick...
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Until the early 20th century, bars or sticks of hard shaving soap were used.
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Includes futuristic touches such as electric bra torment and cattle prod-like sticks.
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Us being married and it being our first house, it sticks in your craw, makes you feel sick.
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This ruined his knees, causing great pain and necessitating the use of walking sticks for the rest of his life.
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He is a former smoker who now chews gum on a regular, almost ritualized, basis (as seen in the way he unwraps the sticks of gum).
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Police fired tear gas and whacked protesters with sticks.
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For example, glow sticks glow due to a chemiluminescent process which is commonly mistaken for phosphorescence.
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The most common ingredients are scallops, peapods, boneless fish fillet, celery sticks, straw mushrooms, calamari, shrimp.
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The nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat.
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