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The original multitool: one shape, infinite jobs, zero batteries required.
means A slender piece of wood, or by extension anything shaped or acting like one — from a tree branch to a rigid support to a dose of punishment ('the stick').
from From Old English 'sticca,' meaning a peg or rod, rooted in the Germanic family of words tied to 'stick' the verb — the one meaning to pierce or stab. The two sticks (noun and verb) are old cousins: a stick, after all, is a thing good for poking.
- dog's best friend
- Prehistoric, free, and never recalled by manufacturers.
- stick vs carrot
- Policy metaphor older than most actual policies.
- hockey origin
- Shinty sticks shaped the word 'stick-handling' centuries later.
- idiom machine
- Spawned 'stick around,' 'stick it out,' 'stick up for.'