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'''Stick''' may refer to: |
'''Stick''' may refer to: |
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*[[Chopsticks]], an eating utensil |
*[[Chopsticks]], an [[eating]] [[utensil]] |
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*[[Switch (rod)|Rod]], [[cane]], or [[hickory stick]], disciplinary implements |
*[[Switch (rod)|Rod]], [[cane]], or [[hickory stick]], disciplinary implements |
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*[[Pointing stick]], an indicator |
*[[Pointing stick]], an indicator |
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*[[Swagger stick]], a formal attribute |
*[[Swagger stick]], a formal attribute |
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*[[Club (weapon)]] or [[staff (stick)]], weapons |
*[[Club (weapon)]] or [[staff (stick)]], [[weapons]] |
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*[[Tally sticks]], a marking medium |
*[[Tally sticks]], a marking medium |
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*[[Walking stick]], a mobility aid |
*[[Walking stick]], a mobility aid |
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*[[Fire stick]], a stick for making fire |
*[[Fire stick]], a [[stick]] for making [[fire]] |
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In '''objects of similar shape''': |
In '''objects of similar shape''': |
Revision as of 18:25, 12 November 2007
A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch from a tree without the leaves that may be refined.
Stick may refer to:
- Chopsticks, an eating utensil
- Rod, cane, or hickory stick, disciplinary implements
- Pointing stick, an indicator
- Swagger stick, a formal attribute
- Club (weapon) or staff (stick), weapons
- Tally sticks, a marking medium
- Walking stick, a mobility aid
- Fire stick, a stick for making fire
In objects of similar shape:
- A stick of dynamite
- Joystick, a computer game controller
- Prayer stick
- Polo stick, hockey stick, lacrosse stick, etc. in sports
- Memory stick, a device for storing digital information
- Stick shift, automobile transmission
Stick may also refer to:
- Adhesion
- Stick (unit), an ancient unit of length (2 inch ≈ 5 cm), cfr. in yard
- Silver Stick and Gold Stick, certain functions named after a ceremonial attribute
- Stick (comics), a character in Marvel Comics, predominantly Daredevil
- Stick-Eastlake, a type of Victorian architecture
- Stick (film), a movie featuring Burt Reynolds and music by Anne Murray
In nicknames:
- Sticks for the Led Zeppelin album Led Zeppelin IV
- Sticks for Stephen Kernahan, former Australian rules football champion with the Carlton Football Club
- Stick for Gene Michael, former baseball infielder and manager
- Candlestick Park, the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers, now known as Monster Park
In music:
- Clapstick, a musical instrument that traditionally accompanies the didgeridoo
- Chapman Stick, a musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s
In the military
- A cluster of bombs
- A group of (generally) 12 paratroopers
See also
- Poohsticks, a game
- Styx (disambiguation)
- Stick insect or "walking stick", an insect
- Stick figure, also known as a stick man
- Stick Cricket, an online game
- The Sticks, Hiberno-English slang for the countryside
- Sticky