stickest

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A form of stick — A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

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Meanings

stickest1

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple present indicative of stick

    Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting!

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]
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    […] alas! my child, by not passing the night wisely in reading, when thou art among the learned, thou stickest like a calf in the mud.

    1787, William Jones, "Hitopadesa of Vishnusarman" (1787, aka "Hitopadesa of Vishnu Sarman"); repr. in Works (1807), Vol. 13, p. 8

stickest2

adjective
  1. informalnonstandardsuperlativesuperlative form of stick: most stick (stickiest).

    What is the stickest kind of gum?

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    What is the stickest tape to hold something up with?

    What is the stickest thing on earth?

Origin

stickest · verb

stick + -est

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stickest · adjective

From stick (“sticky”, adjective) + -est (“superlative”).

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APA

stickest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickest

MLA

“stickest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stickest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickest.

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