STUCK


Meaning of STUCK in English

1.

Stuck is the past tense and past participle of stick .

2.

If something is ~ in a particular position, it is fixed tightly in this position and is unable to move.

He said his car had got ~ in the snow...

She had got something ~ between her teeth.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ prep/adv

3.

If you are ~ in a place, you want to get away from it, but are unable to.

I was ~ at home with flu...

ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv

4.

If you are ~ in a boring or unpleasant situation, you are unable to change it or get away from it.

I don’t want to get ~ in another job like that...

= trapped

ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv

5.

If something is ~ at a particular level or stage, it is not progressing or changing.

The negotiations have got ~ on a number of key issues...

US unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate ~ at 7 per cent...

ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv

6.

If you are ~ with something that you do not want, you cannot get rid of it.

Many people are now ~ with expensive fixed-rate mortgages...

ADJ: v-link ADJ with n

7.

If you get ~ when you are trying to do something, you are unable to continue doing it because it is too difficult.

They will be there to help if you get ~...

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ on n

8.

If you get ~ in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination. (BRIT INFORMAL)

We’re bottom of the league and we have to get ~ in.

PHRASE: V inflects

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