different between stuck vs beaten

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Verb

stuck

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

Adjective

stuck (comparative more stuck, superlative most stuck)

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.

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. (slang, archaic) In the situation of having no money.

Derived terms

• stuck on

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare stoccado.

Noun

stuck (plural stucks)

1. (obsolete) A thrust.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 160:

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

Anagrams

• suckt, tucks

English

Etymology

beat +? -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bit(?)n/
• Rhymes: -i?t?n

Adjective

beaten (comparative more beaten, superlative most beaten)

1. defeated
2. repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows

   a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack

4. (cooking, of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement
5. (dated) trite; hackneyed

Derived terms

• off the beaten path
• off the beaten track
• beaten up

Translations

Verb

beaten

1. past participle of beat