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disk
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from ????? (diké?, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, and dish.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?sk, IPA(key): /d?sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
disk (plural disks)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (disuku)
- ? Korean: ??? (diseukeu)
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: disk
- ? Thai: ????? (dìt)
- ? Turkish: disk
Usage notes
In most varieties of English, disk is the correct spelling for magnetic media (hence hard disk or disk drive), whereas the variant disc is usually preferred with optical media (hence compact disc or disc film). Thus, if referring to a physical drive or older media (3" or 5.25" diskettes) the k is used, but c is used for newer (optical based) media. For all other uses, disc is standard in Commonwealth English and disk in American English.
Less commonly, in British English, disc has been used for magnetic disks, as in floppy disc and discette. Such usage may be considered nonstandard.
Translations
Further reading
- disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
disk (third-person singular simple present disks, present participle disking, simple past and past participle disked)
- (agriculture) To harrow.
- (aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
Anagrams
- kids, ski'd, skid
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?sk]
Noun
disk m
- disc, disk (thin, flat, circular plate or similar object)
- hod diskem
Declension
Derived terms
- diskový
Related terms
- disketa
- diskotéka
Further reading
- disk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- disk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Icelandic
Noun
disk
- indefinite accusative singular of diskur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).
Noun
disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural disker, definite plural diskene)
- (in a shop etc.) a counter
- (computing) a disc or disk
Derived terms
- harddisk
References
- “disk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).
Noun
disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural diskar, definite plural diskane)
- (in a shop etc.) a counter
- (computing) a disc or disk
Derived terms
- harddisk
References
- “disk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *disk.
Noun
disk m
- plate
Descendants
- Middle Low German:
- German Low German: Disk, Disch
- Plautdietsch: Desch
- German Low German: Disk, Disch
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr.
Noun
disk c
- counter; table on which business is transacted
- washing-up
- dirty dishes
- (anatomy) disc
- disk drive
Declension
Synonyms
- (disk drive): hårddisk
Derived terms
- (counter): bardisk
- (washing-up): handdisk
- (dirty dishes): diskare, diskbalja, diskborste, diskho, diskmaskin, diskmedel, diskställ, frukostdisk
- (disc (anatomy)): diskbråck
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stick
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: st?k, IPA(key): /st?k/
- Homophone: stich
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”).
Noun
stick (countable and uncountable, plural sticks)
- An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- Synonyms: branch, twig, (dialectal) rice, kindling, (uncountable) brush
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- Synonym: two by four
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- Synonyms: cane, walking stick
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- Synonyms: piece, item
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (chiefly Canada, US) 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 standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- Synonyms: joint, reefer
- (chiefly Canada, US) 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).
- Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
- (military) 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.
- Synonym: train
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
- (US, colloquial) 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.
- Synonyms: stickshift, gearstick
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (aviation) 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.)
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (slang) A handgun.
- Dropkick Murphys, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya (song)
- A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye
- Dropkick Murphys, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya (song)
- (dated, letterpress typography) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- Synonyms: licorice stick, liquorice stick
- (US, colloquial) 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.
- (sports) A stick-like item:
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- Synonyms: pin, flagstick
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
- A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
- (magic) An assistant planted in the audience.
- Synonyms: plant, shill
- A stiff, stupidly obstinate person.
- (military aviation, from joystick) A fighter pilot.
- (military, South Africa) A small group of (infantry) soldiers.
- A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
- Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
- 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.)
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; beatings.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- = he threw himself into the task of digging
- = she berated him (this sense melts into the previous sense, "punishment")
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- 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 measure.
- (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
- (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25.
- Synonyms: stich, broach
- (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
Usage notes
- (furniture): Generally used in the negative, or in contexts expressive of poverty or lack.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:stick
Derived terms
Note: Terms derived from the verb are found further below.
Translations
Verb
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle sticked)
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
- to stick type
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
Etymology 2
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-Germanic *stik?n? (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”) (compare also the related Proto-Germanic *stikan?, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.
Noun
stick (uncountable)
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Verb
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle stuck or (archaic) sticked)
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 10,[2]
- For thou art so possess’d with murderous hate
- That ’gainst thyself thou stick’st not to conspire.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, Law is a Bottomless Pit, London: John Morphew, Chapter 1,[3]
- Some stick not to say, that the Parson and Attorney forg’d a Will, for which they were well Paid […]
- 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 12,[4]
- Though a cup of cold water from some hand may not be without its reward, yet stick not thou for wine and oil for the wounds of the distressed […]
- 1740, James Blair, Our Saviour's divine sermon on the mount [...] explained, volume 3, page 26:
- And so careful were they to put off the Honour of great Actions from themselves, and to centre it upon God, that they stuck not sometimes to depreciate themselves that they might more effectually honour him.
- 1742, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, Volume 3, Letter 37, p. 375,[5]
- For he that sticks not at one bad Action, will not scruple another to vindicate himself: And so, Devil-like, become the Tempter, and the Accuser too!
- 1743, Thomas Stackhouse, A Compleat Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity, edition 3 (London), page 524:
- The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more costly, they thought them the more acceptable, for which Reason, they stuck not sometimes to regale them with human Sacrifices.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 10,[2]
- (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Cambridge: J. Nicholson, 1781, pp. 48-49,[6]
- He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds open by degrees, and how it is exercise alone that opens them. Sometimes they will stick a long time at a part of a demonstration, not for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas; that, to one whose understanding is more exercised, is as visible as any thing can be.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Cambridge: J. Nicholson, 1781, pp. 48-49,[6]
- (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73,[7]
- […] this is the Difficulty that seemeth chiefly to stick with the most reasonable of those, who, from a mere Scruple of Conscience, refuse to join with us upon the Revolution Principle […] .
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73,[7]
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- to stick a needle into one's finger
- The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- circa 1583, John Jewel, in a sermon republished in 1847 in The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, portion 2, page 969:
- In certain of their sacrifices they had a lamb, they sticked him, they killed him, and made sacrifice of him: this lamb was Christ the Son of God, he was killed, sticked, and made a sweet-smelling sacrifice for our sins.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 1
- Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting! fourscore ducats!
- 1809, Grafton's chronicle, or history of England, volume 2, page 135:
- […] would haue [=have] sticked him with a dagger […]
- 1908, The Northeastern Reporter, volume 85, page 693:
- The defendant said he didn't shoot; "he sticked him with a knife."
- circa 1583, John Jewel, in a sermon republished in 1847 in The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, portion 2, page 969:
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- to stick an apple on a fork
- (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
- (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
- to stick somebody with a hard problem
- (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly Britain) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
Usage notes
In Early Modern English, the past participles stucken and sticken are occasionally found; they are not known in the modern language, even as archaisms.
Synonyms
- (to adhere): cleave, cling; see also Thesaurus:adhere
- (to stop moving): jam, stall; see also Thesaurus:stop
- (to tolerate): live with, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (persist): abide, carry on; see also Thesaurus:persevere
- (to remain loyal): stand by, stick by
- (to hesitate): falter, waver; see also Thesaurus:hesitate
- (to be puzzled at): puzzle
- (to attach with glue): agglutinate, conglutinate, glue, gum, paste
- (to place): pop, set down
- (to press into with a sharp point): pierce, prick, puncture
- (to fix on a pointed instrument): fix, impale, stake, run through, transfix
- (to bring to a halt): stump, thwart
- (to have sexual intercourse): have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Derived terms
Note: Terms derived from the noun are found above.
Translations
See also
Adjective
stick (comparative sticker, superlative stickest)
- (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
- A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
- A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.
Usage notes
- The adjective is more informal than nonstandard due to the prevalence of examples such as "non-stick pan" or "stick plaster".
- The comparative and superlative remain nonstandard (vs. stickier and stickiest) and are sometimes seen inbetween quotation marks to reflect it.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Possibly a metaphorical use of the first etymology ("twig, branch"), possibly derived from the Yiddish schtick.
Noun
stick (plural sticks)
- (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.
Anagrams
- ticks
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English stick.
Noun
stick
- stick
- wood, firewood
- tree, forest
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed shortenings from several English compounds, in all cases equivalent to a borrowing from English stick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?k/
- Hyphenation: stick
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
stick m (plural sticks, diminutive stickje n)
- A hockey stick.
- A joystick, stick-shaped control device.
- A memory stick to store IT data.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Verb
stick
- singular imperative of sticken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of sticken
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
stick n
- a sting; a bite from an insect
- (card games) a trick
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: tikki
Verb
stick
- imperative of sticka.
Anagrams
- ticks
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