Definitions
be a mystery or bewildering to
Word origin
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
Used in a sentence
“The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.”
“I found several good sticks in the brush heap.”
“What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Small branch”5 letters
02“Thin piece of wood”5 letters
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