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