Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give stick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
give -stick
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To abuse, insult, or denigrate.

Etymology

From the literal sense of beating someone or something with a stick (especially a hockey stick).

Inflected Forms

gives stick (present, singular) giving stick (participle, present) gave stick (past) given stick (participle, past)

Questions

What does give stick mean?
To abuse, insult, or denigrate.
Where does give stick come from?
From the literal sense of beating someone or something with a stick (especially a hockey stick).

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