"stick at" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> at"
      },
      "expansion": "stick at (third-person singular simple present sticks at, present participle sticking at, simple past and past participle stuck at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (at)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you want to dance well, you have to stick at it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult"
      ],
      "id": "en-stick_at-en-verb-H~4JAHhB",
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "stick at nothing"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep at"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick at"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> at"
      },
      "expansion": "stick at (third-person singular simple present sticks at, present participle sticking at, simple past and past participle stuck at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "stick at nothing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (at)",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you want to dance well, you have to stick at it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep at"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick at"
}