Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuck

/stʌk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: stuck
IPA: /stʌk/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

adj

Unable to move.

adj

Unable to progress with a task.

adj

No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

adj

In the situation of having no money.

Archaic; Slang

noun

A thrust, especially with a lance or sword.

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck."
"If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be."
"The day of our arrival two belugas had accidentally become grounded in the shallows of a river delta near the station, and now that the tide had gone out, they seemed helplessly stuck."
"I’m totally stuck on this question in the test."
"There are several ways to close a stuck program."
"If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there."

Etymology

Compare stoccado.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

more stuck (comparative) most stuck (superlative) stucks (plural)

Derived Forms

hardstuck Homestuck permastuck stuckholder Stuckism Stuckist stuckness unstuck

Phrases

bleed like a stuck hog bleed like a stuck pig get stuck in get stuck into like a stuck pig squeal like a stuck pig stare like a stuck pig stuck in a rut

Synonyms

static unmovable fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile rigid stationary

Rhymes With

fuck luck truck struck suck duck chuck buck puck tuck snuck pluck

Questions

How do you pronounce stuck?: The recorded pronunciation is /stʌk/.
What does stuck mean?: simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)
Where does stuck come from?: It is traced to German.

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