a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.

a relatively long and slender piece of wood.

a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc.

a rod or wand.

a baton.

Chiefly British . a walking stick or cane.

a club or cudgel.

something that serves to goad or coerce

The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime. Compare carrot def. 3

a long, slender piece or part of anything

a stick of candy; sticks of celery.

any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine.

Sports . an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick.

Aeronautics . a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled.

Nautical . a mast or spar.

Printing . composing stick.

the sticks, Informal . any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country

Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks.

Military .

a group of bombs so arranged as to be released in a row across a target.

the bomb load.

Informal . stick shift.

Slang . a marijuana cigarette.

Informal . an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person.

Informal . a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink.

to furnish (a plant, vine, etc.) with a stick or sticks in order to prop or support.

Printing . to set (type) in a composing stick. ?

short or dirty end of the stick, Slang . the least desirable assignment, decision

or part of an arrangement.