stick like shit in English

Forms: sticks like shit [present, singular, third-person], sticking like shit [participle, present], stuck like shit [participle, past], stuck like shit [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> like shit}} stick like shit (third-person singular simple present sticks like shit, present participle sticking like shit, simple past and past participle stuck like shit)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks like shit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking like shit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck like shit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck like shit",
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        "1": "stick<,,stuck> like shit"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Howard Jacobson, In the Land of Oz, page 191",
          "text": "'But you know what a nickname is like – it sticks like shit.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be very tenacious, or difficult to get rid of."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, simile) To be very tenacious, or difficult to get rid of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stick like shit to a blanket"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick like shit"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks like shit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking like shit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck like shit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck like shit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> like shit"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "English vulgarities",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2011, Howard Jacobson, In the Land of Oz, page 191",
          "text": "'But you know what a nickname is like – it sticks like shit.'",
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        }
      ],
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        "To be very tenacious, or difficult to get rid of."
      ],
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        "(vulgar, simile) To be very tenacious, or difficult to get rid of."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "stick like shit to a blanket"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick like shit"
}

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"stick like shit" meaning in English

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