sticking
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sticking
- /ˈstɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪkɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of stick
noun stickings
- A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks. Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand.
- Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc. six ounces of clods and stickings boiled
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: projected, projecting, protrusive, jutting, protruding, sticking out, sensitive, keeping, putting, respect, clinging, gluing, inserting, delicate, deadlock, gating
Talk about this word "sticking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sticking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sticking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sticking "sticking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sticking.Cite this
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title = {sticking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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