- tough stick
- n. patient whose veins make a blood draw difficult.
Druggies always make for tough sticks because their veins are shot.
English slang. 2015.
tough stick
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stick out — *bulge, jut, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, prolong, elongate, lengthen: *expand, swell, distend: obtrude (see INTRUDE) stiff adj Stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden can mean so firm, hard,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stick — stick1 [ stık ] (past tense and past participle stuck [ stʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 attach something to something ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 push something long into something ▸ 4 become difficult to move ▸ 5 when name is accepted ▸ 6 in card… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stick — Synonyms and related words: abide, abide with, abrade, acid, acuminate, addle, adhere, adhere to, advocate, affix, agglomerate, all, alpenstock, altogether, amalgamate, amaze, antidepressant, arm, articulate, assert, ataractic, athletic supporter … Moby Thesaurus
stick it out — Synonyms and related words: be unflappable, bear up, come up fighting, die hard, get along, get home free, get on, go on, go on with, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang tough, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, keep at it, keep up, live… … Moby Thesaurus
stick out — Synonyms and related words: abide, aller sans dire, be conspicuous, be exposed, be manifest, be no secret, bear, bear up, beetle, bristle up, brook, cock up, come across, come up fighting, crop out, endure, extrude, glare, go, go without saying,… … Moby Thesaurus
tough it out — Synonyms and related words: bear up, come up fighting, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang tough, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, live through it, live with it, never say die, not give up, stand up, stay it out, stay the distance, stay… … Moby Thesaurus
stick out — phrasal verb Word forms stick out : present tense I/you/we/they stick out he/she/it sticks out present participle sticking out past tense stuck out past participle stuck out 1) [intransitive] to continue further than the end of a surface or the… … English dictionary
stick — I n 1. branch, limb, stem, bough, spray, switch, twig; shoot, sprout, runner, tendril, scion. 2. kindling, fagot, tinder; firewood, brush, brushwood, driftwood. 3. rod, wand, baton, staff, pike, pole; scepter, crosier, crook, standard, caduceus;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stick with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stick with : present tense I/you/we/they stick with he/she/it sticks with present participle sticking with past tense stuck with past participle stuck with informal 1) stick with someone to stay close to… … English dictionary
stick it out — PUT UP WITH IT, grin and bear it, keep at it, keep going, stay with it, see it through; persevere, persist, carry on, struggle on; informal hang in there, soldier on, tough it out. → stick * * * ˌstick it/sth ˈout derived (informal … Useful english dictionary
