Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sticks

/stɪks/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: sticks
IPA: /stɪks/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of stick

noun

rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

Derogatory; Informal

noun

Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over.

noun

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stick

noun

plural of Stick

Example Sentences

"We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer."
""How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool baptist from out in the sticks.""
"It was a maiden race over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip off and make the running throughout."
"Do they prefer flat or 'over the sticks' (jump races)? Does the group know what the races with jumps are called?"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stɪks/
British English: /stɪks/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stix (alternative)

Derived Forms

Sticksville

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place boonies boondocks hinterland middle of nowhere the sticks BFE

Homonyms

Styx

Rhymes With

six fix mix picks tricks kicks chicks bricks clicks knicks dicks hicks

Questions

How do you pronounce sticks?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɪks/.
What does sticks mean?: plural of stick

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