Stick

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Stick or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects[]

Sports[]

Music[]

  • Drum stick, used to strike drums
  • Part of a bow used to play a string instrument
  • Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family
  • Percussion stick, a struck percussion instrument
  • Led Zeppelin IV, a 1971 album sometimes referred to as Sticks
  • The Sticks (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother
  • Sticks, a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album Carrots and Sticks
  • "The Sticks", a track from the 1966 Cannonball Adderley Quintet album Cannonball in Japan

Transportation[]

Geography[]

  • Boondocks, also called "the sticks", a remote area
  • Candlestick Park, a defunct stadium in San Francisco, nicknamed "The Stick"

Books[]

Film and TV[]

People[]

  • Stick Elliott (1934–1980), American stock car driver
  • Stephen Kernahan (born 1963), Australian footballer nicknamed "Sticks"
  • Gene Michael (born 1938), American baseball player nicknamed "Stick"
  • Norm Provan (born 1932), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach nicknamed "Sticks"
  • Easton Stick (born 1995), American football quarterback
  • Jan Stick, 21st century Canadian politician
  • Josh Stick (born 1980), New Zealand former footballer
  • Leonard Stick (1892–1979), Canadian politician
  • Mzwandile Stick (born 1984), South African rugby union player and coach

Other uses[]

  • Stick (punishment), a rod used for corporal punishment
  • Stick (unit), several units of measurement
  • Stick, a British slang term for abuse, insult, or denigration
  • A group of paratroopers in a single aircraft
  • A group of soldiers corresponding to a section

See also[]

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