Stick

Morpheme

Stick

Type

free base

Denotation

rod, twig, elongated wood piece

Etymology

Middle English stikke; Old English sticca

Evidence

broomstick, candlestick, chopsticks, crabstick, dipstick, drumstick, fiddlestick, gearstick, hoopstick, joystick, lipstick, matchstick, nightstick, rainstick, sidestick, slapstick, stick, stickfighting, stickless, sticks, stickshift

Notes

homophone of Stic and Stich

Homographs

Stick