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stuck¹

  • /stʌk/
  • /stʊk/ Ireland, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌk

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

adjective more stuck · most stuck

  1. Unable to move. Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.

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

  2. Unable to progress with a task. I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.
  3. No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen. There are several ways to close a stuck program.
  4. archaic, slang In the situation of having no money.

    Similar: broke, penniless, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate

stuck²

  • /stʌk/
  • /stʊk/ Ireland, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌk

Where it comes from

Compare stoccado.

noun stucks

  1. obsolete A thrust, especially with a lance or sword. If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.

Stuck³

Where it comes from

German surname, from the noun Stück (“portion, piece”). Compare Stueck.

proper noun Stucks

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: perplexed, jammed, clogged, blocked, immobilized, stop, occluded, restrained, suspended, screwed, pinched, tight, standstill, withheld, stunted, choked

Translations

Every language

adj trapped and unable to move

Españolatascado, atrapado, pegado, atollado, atorado
中文卡住 kǎzhù, 卡 kǎ, 卡關 /卡关 kǎguān
Portuguêspreso
Françaisbloqué, coincé
Deutscheingeklemmt, festgeklemmt, festsitzen, feststecken, stecken
Italianointrappolato, bloccato
Românăînțepenit
Русскийзастря́вший zastrjávšij
العربيةعَالِق ʕāliq

adj unable to progress

Españolatascado
Deutschfestgefahren, festgesetzt
Italianoostruito, bloccato, inceppato

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@misc{stuck_2026,
  title = {stuck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stuck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}