Synonyms

stuck

American

[stuhk] / stʌk /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of stick.

idioms

stuck on, infatuated with.

He met her only once and is already stuck on her.

stuck British

/ stʌk /

verb

the past tense and past participle of stick 2

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adjective

informal baffled or nonplussed
slang (foll by on) keen (on) or infatuated (with)
informal
1. to perform (a task) with determination
2. to attack (a person) verbally or physically

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Other Word Forms

self-stuck adjective

Example Sentences

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Nasser initially enjoyed the flexibility of zero-hours work, which she took on alongside a full-time job at a financial services firm, but now says she feels "stuck in a cycle".

From BBC

Insurance specialists are also scrutinising the contracts for ships currently stuck in the Gulf.

From Barron's

“We have currently crews and people on our ships in the Persian Gulf stuck in a war zone,” said Jansen, adding that Hapag-Lloyd has several ships stranded in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was probably stuck to every part of my esophagus.

From Literature

But it hadn’t stuck, and because of that I’d failed the simulation again, and the daughter of the first-ever female commander in chief of the Glitch Academy wasn’t supposed to fail.

From Literature

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