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sticka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jab noun A quick, sharp poke or short straight punch.
  • knit verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
  • needle noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
  • prod verb To poke someone or something, usually with a finger or pointed object.
  • skedaddle verb To leave somewhere quickly, especially to avoid trouble.
  • sliver noun A small, thin, often sharp piece cut or broken off from something larger.
  • splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
  • stab verb To pierce or wound someone or something with a pointed weapon such as a knife.
  • sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.
  • trump noun In card games, a suit chosen (or turned up) to rank higher than the other three for that hand.

Senses

sticka is used for these senses in English:

  • jab (slang, UK) To give someone an injection.
  • knitting needle A long, thin, pointed rod, used in pairs to knit yarn.
  • needle A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
  • prod (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
  • skedaddle (informal, intransitive, US) To move or run away quickly.
  • sliver A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
  • splinter A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  • stab (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

jab — full definition

  1. noun A quick, sharp poke or short straight punch.
  2. noun British informal: an injection, especially a vaccination.
  3. noun A cutting remark aimed at someone.
  4. verb To poke or punch sharply and quickly.
  5. verb To give someone an injection.

knit — full definition

  1. verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
  2. verb To join closely together, or (of a broken bone) to grow back together and heal.

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