Stick
Appearance
(Redirected from The stick)
Stick or the stick may refer to:
Thin elongated objects
[edit]- Twig or branch
- The weapon used in stick-fighting
- Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
- Shepherd's crook
- Swagger stick
- Digging stick
- Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks
Sports
[edit]- Bandy stick, used in bandy
- Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards
- Hockey stick, used in hockey
- Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse
- The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football
Music
[edit]- Drum stick, used to strike drums
- Part of a bow used to play a string instrument
- Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family
- Percussion stick, a struck percussion instrument
- Led Zeppelin IV, a 1971 album sometimes referred to as Sticks
- The Sticks (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother
- Sticks, a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album Carrots and Sticks
- "The Sticks", a track from the 1966 Cannonball Adderley Quintet album Cannonball in Japan
- "Stick (song), a song from the 2022 Dreamville album D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Transportation
[edit]- Stick or stick shift, an automobile's manual transmission
- Gear stick, used in a manual transmission-equipped automobile to change gears
- Control or centre stick, an aircraft cockpit arrangement
Geography
[edit]- Boondocks, also called "the sticks", a remote area
- Candlestick Park, a defunct stadium in San Francisco, nicknamed "The Stick"
Fiction
[edit]- Stick (comics), the teacher of Daredevil and Elektra in Marvel Comics
- Stick (novel), a 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard
- "Sticks" (short story), a 1974 short story by Karl Edward Wagner
Film and TV
[edit]- Sticks (film), a 2001 film starring Justina Machado and Lillo Brancato
- Stick (film), a 1985 Burt Reynolds film
- The Stick, a 1987 film directed by Darrell Roodt
- Stick (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Stick Stickly, a Nickelodeon character
- Stick Bernard, protagonist of the anime series Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
- Sticks the Badger, a character from the 2014 TV series Sonic Boom
- "Stick" (Daredevil)
People
[edit]- Stick Elliott (1934–1980), American stock car driver
- Stephen Kernahan (born 1963), Australian footballer nicknamed "Sticks"
- Gene Michael (1938–2017), American baseball player nicknamed "Stick"
- Norm Provan (1932–2021), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach nicknamed "Sticks"
- Easton Stick (born 1995), American football quarterback
- Jan Stick, 21st century Canadian politician
- Josh Stick (born 1980), New Zealand former footballer
- Leonard Stick (1892–1979), Canadian politician
- Mzwandile Stick (born 1984), South African rugby union player and coach
- LeJerald Betters (born 1988), American sprinter nicknamed "Sticks"
Food
[edit]- Pretzel sticks, pub snacks
- Breadstick, dry baked bread
- Fish sticks, processed food
- Crab stick, seafood
- Mozzarella sticks, hors d'oeuvre
- Musk stick, confection
- Cinnamon sticks, spice
- Popsicle stick, to hold ice pops (among other uses)
Other uses
[edit]- Stick (punishment), a rod used for corporal punishment
- Stick (unit), several units of measurement
- Stick, a British slang term for abuse, insult, or denigration
- A group of paratroopers in a single aircraft
- A group of soldiers corresponding to a section
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles containing stick
- Stick style, a late-19th-century American architectural style
- Sticking (disambiguation)
- Stik, British graffiti artist
- Styx (disambiguation)
- Sticky (disambiguation)