Noun

(en noun)

A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.

# A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

# (label) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.

## A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.

# A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

# (label) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

# The globe; the earthly sphere.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

Move round the dark terrestrial ball .

#* 1717 , (Alexander Pope), ""

Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball , / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;

# (label) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.

# The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.

# An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

#* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 2, author=Aled Williams, work=BBC Sport Wales

, title= Swansea 2-0 Stoke , passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}

(label) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.

# Any simple game involving a ball.

# (label) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

# (label) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

# (label) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.

# (label) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.

#* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC

, title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton , passage=After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes. }}

A testicle.

# Nonsense.

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# Courage.

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

(White)

Noun

(en noun)

A formal dance.

(label) A very enjoyable time.

Noun

(en noun)

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

# A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

#* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

# A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. (jump)

#* {{quote-news, 1887, August 23, The New York Times, title= At Work on the Thistle

, passage=It is a fine stick , about 70 feet long.}}

# (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).

# A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.

#* , chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

# A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.

# (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.

#* {{quote-book, 1997, Joseph Beals, chapter=Building Interior Doors, publisher=Taunton Press, title= Doors, page=82, isbn=1561582042

, passage=When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks .}}

# (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).

#* , edition=printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. XXV, title= The Adventures of Philip, page=242

, passage=It is more than poor Philip is worth, with all his savings and his little sticks of furniture.}}

Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. (jump)

# (chiefly, North America) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).

# A standard rectangular (often thin) piece of chewing gum. (jump)

# (slang) A cigarette . (jump)

Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.

# A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.

(US)

# (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.

#* {{quote-book, 1611, , The Bible, edition=, section=(w) 37:16

, passage=Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick , and write upon it

# (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers. (jump)

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#* {{quote-book, 2006, (Farley Mowat), title= Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World, isbn=0811733386, page=200

, passage=A stick of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses.}}

#* {{quote-book, 2006, Holly Aho, page=48, title= From Here to There, isbn=1411675401

, passage=James and I were in the same stick of five guys going through free fall school last September.}}

A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.

# (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission,

## (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.

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# (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (jump)

# (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.

#* {{quote-book, 1941, Jay D. Blaufox, 33 Lessons in Flying, page=47

, passage=For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip.}}

# (computing) A memory stick.

#* {{quote-news, 2007, May 1, Alex Fethiere, Tech front: Alex Fethiere takes eleven notable portables for a high-tech test-drive, title= Business Traveler

, passage= For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images.}}

# (dated, metal typesetting) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.

#* {{quote-book, 1854, Thomas Ford, title= The Compositor's Handbook, page=125

, passage=

# (jazz, slang) The clarinet. (jump)

#* {{quote-book, 1948, , Jazz Parody: Anthology of Jazz Fiction, chapter=Deep Sea Rider, editor=Charles Harvey

, passage=Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that stick , man?}}

(sports) A stick-like item:

# (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. (jump)

# (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.

# (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.

# (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. (jump)

# (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.

## The game of pool, or an individual pool game.

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(sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:

# (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.

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# (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.

# (baseball) General hitting ability.

#* {{quote-news, 2002, May 19, Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, title= Just Need A Little Mo

, passage=Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.}}

# (hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.

(slang, dated) A person or group of people.

* {{quote-book, 1967, (Maurice Shadbolt), title= The Presence of Music: Three Novellas, page=54

, passage=Your father's a great old stick . He's really been very good to me.}}

# A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.

#* {{quote-book, 1967, Cecelia Holland, page=39, title= Rakóssy

, passage="She's a stick , this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment."}}

# (magic) An assistant ed in the audience.

#* {{quote-book, 2001, Paul Quarrington, page=255, title= The Spirit Cabinet

, passage=The kid was a stick , a plant, a student from UNLV who picked up a few bucks nightly by saying the words "seven of hearts."}}

# A fighter pilot.

#* {{quote-book, 2001, John Darrell Sherwood, page=30, title= Fast Movers: America's Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience

, passage=Bill Kirk, described by Robin as a "hell of a stick ," didn't even attend college until after the Vietnam War.}}

# (military, South Africa) A small group of (infantry) soldiers.

#* {{quote-book, 2007, Bart Wolffe, page=245, title= Persona Non Grata, isbn=1430304774

, passage=I remember when we dreaded the rain, as our stick of soldiers walked through the damp, tick-infested long grass of the Zambezi valley,

Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.

# A negative stimulus or a punishment.

#* {{quote-news, 1998, January 23, Indian Express, title= Judicial activism has ushered in hope

, passage= What about contempt? Isn't it used by the judiciary as a stick to dissuade people from writing or talking about them?}}

# (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; beatings.

#* {{quote-book, 1999, Eve McDougall, page=69, isbn=190155709X, title= A Wicked Fist

, passage=The child killers got some stick . I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.}}

# (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.

= he threw himself into the task of digging

#* {{quote-book, 1979, Don Bannister, page=185, title= Sam Chard, isbn=071000219X

, passage='Choir gave it some stick on "Unto Us a Son is Born."' ¶ Cynthia nodded. ¶ 'It was always one of Russell's favourites. He makes them try hard on that.'}}

# (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.

#* {{quote-book, 2006, Martyn J. Pass & Dani Pass, page=163, title= Waiting for Red, isbn=1905237553

, passage=Skunk really gave it some stick all the way to Caliban's place, we passed a good few Coppers but they all seemed to turn the blind eye.}}

A measure.

# (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.

#* {{quote-book, 1921, (Elmer Davis), page=61, title= History of the New York Times, 1851-1921

, passage=There was another speech in that day's news — a speech which The Times printed on the front page because it was part of a front-page story, and in full — it was only two sticks long; printed in full just after the much longer invocation by the officiating clergyman

# (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25. (jump)

#* {{quote-book, 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, section=Volume 1, page=171, title= A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, isbn=140217120X

, passage=The stick is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five.}}

#* {{quote-book, 1999, Claire Breay, page=62, title= The Cartulary of Chatteris Abbey, isbn=0851157505

, passage=In the same charter, Nigel granted another 10 sticks of eels yielded by the fishery of Polwere to the abbey

Noun

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(auto racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.

(fishing, uncountable) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.

* {{quote-book, 2004, Simon Gawesworth, Spey Casting citation

, passage=Problem: A lot of stick and a lack of energy on the forward stroke.}}

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

Noun

(en noun)

(British, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

* {{quote-news, 2008, May 3, Chris Roberts, It’s a stroll in the park!, Huddersfield Daily Examiner citation

, passage=I got some stick personally because of my walking attire. I arrived to training fully kitted out in sturdy walking boots.}}