"stuck record" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stuck records [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting the situation where a gramophone needle slips and repeatedly plays the same portion of a vinyl record. Head templates: {{en-noun}} stuck record (plural stuck records)
  1. (figurative) A person who repeatedly says the same thing. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: broken record
    Sense id: en-stuck_record-en-noun-6diss69N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Lyn Andrews, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, volume 28, page 60",
          "text": "These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Aliya Whiteley, Light Reading",
          "text": "I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret",
          "text": "Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'",
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        "A person who repeatedly says the same thing."
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        "(figurative) A person who repeatedly says the same thing."
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          "ref": "2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret",
          "text": "Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'",
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        "A person who repeatedly says the same thing."
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        "(figurative) A person who repeatedly says the same thing."
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