"stick around" meaning in All languages combined

See stick around on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sticks around [present, singular, third-person], sticking around [participle, present], stuck around [participle, past], stuck around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> around}} stick around (third-person singular simple present sticks around, present participle sticking around, simple past and past participle stuck around)
  1. (informal) To stay; to linger; to remain. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> around"
      },
      "expansion": "stick around (third-person singular simple present sticks around, present participle sticking around, simple past and past participle stuck around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              58
            ]
          ],
          "text": "If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:",
          "text": "Williams promised to 'stick around' to ensure that Government implements his recommendations: [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stay; to linger; to remain."
      ],
      "id": "en-stick_around-en-verb-e42h2GMw",
      "links": [
        [
          "stay",
          "stay"
        ],
        [
          "linger",
          "linger"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To stay; to linger; to remain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick around"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> around"
      },
      "expansion": "stick around (third-person singular simple present sticks around, present participle sticking around, simple past and past participle stuck around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              58
            ]
          ],
          "text": "If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:",
          "text": "Williams promised to 'stick around' to ensure that Government implements his recommendations: [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stay; to linger; to remain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stay",
          "stay"
        ],
        [
          "linger",
          "linger"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To stay; to linger; to remain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick around"
}

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