Stick Explained

Stick or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects

• 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

• Bandy stick, used in bandy
• Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards
• Hockey stick, used in hockey
  • Field hockey stick
  • Ice hockey stick
• Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse
• The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football

Music

• 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

Transportation

• 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

• Boondocks, also called "the sticks", a remote area
• Candlestick Park, a defunct stadium in San Francisco, nicknamed "The Stick"

Fiction

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• • Stick style, a late-19th-century American architectural style
• Sticking (disambiguation)
• Stik, British graffiti artist
• Styx (disambiguation)
• Sticky (disambiguation)