stuck

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of sticksimple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

adjective

1. 1

   Unable to move.

   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.

2. 2

   Unable to progress with a task.

   I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.

3. 3

   No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

   There are several ways to close a stuck program.

4. 4

   archaicIn the situation of having no money.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA thrust, especially with a lance or sword.

   If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.

Forms

plural

stucks

comparative

more stuck

superlative

most stuck