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. • A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. • A timber board, especially a two by four (inches). • A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking. • A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards. • The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint. • A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard. • A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden). • A bar (counter where drinks are served). • Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. • 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. • A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette). • Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. • A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick. • A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick. • 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. • A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. • 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. • Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions. • 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.) • Use of the stick to control the aircraft. • An aircraft’s propeller. • A joystick. • A memory stick. • A handgun. • A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type. • The clarinet. • A stick-like item: • A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. • The short whip carried by a jockey. • A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard. • The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. • The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc. • The game of pool, or an individual pool game. • Ability; specifically: • The long-range driving ability of a golf club. • The potential hitting power of a specific bat. • General hitting ability. • The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it. • 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. • An assistant planted in the audience. • A shill or house player. • A stiff, stupidly obstinate person. • A fighter pilot. • A small group of (infantry) soldiers. • 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.) • Corporal punishment, beatings • Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc. • Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity. • Vigorous driving of a car; gas. • A measure. • An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches. • A quantity of eels, usually 25. • Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.