To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
To perform (a landing) perfectly.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
To stab.
To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
To become or remain attached; to adhere.
To persist.
Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
To propagate plants by cuttings.
To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
To jam; to stop moving.
To furnish or set with sticks.
To remain loyal; to remain firm.
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
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 manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
The clarinet.
Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
General hitting ability.
A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
The short whip carried by a jockey.
A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
A handgun.
The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
Corporal punishment; beatings.
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.
Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
The traction of tires on the road surface.
The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
Criticism or ridicule.
A memory stick.
A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
The potential hitting power of a specific bat.