Stick or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects

Twig A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush. The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark are ...

* The weapon used in stick fighting *

Walking stick A walking stick or walking cane is a device used primarily to aid walking, provide postural stability or support, or assist in maintaining a good posture. Some designs also serve as a fashion accessory, or are used for self-defense. Walking sti ...

, a device to facilitate balancing while walking * Shepherd's crook * Swagger stick *

Digging stick A digging stick, sometimes called a yam stick, is a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food such as roots and tubers, tilling the soil, or burrowing animals and anthills. It is a term used in ar ...

Swizzle stick A swizzle stick is a small stick used to stir drinks. The original swizzle sticks were created in the 18th century at a rum plantation in the West Indies using the branch of the ''Quararibea turbinata'' (also known as the "Swizzle stick tree"). ...

, used to stir drinks

Sports

Bandy stick Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is t ...

, used in bandy *

Cue stick A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the . Cues are tapered stick ...

, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards * Hockey stick, used in hockey **

Field hockey stick In field hockey, each player carries a stick and cannot take part in the game without it. The stick for an adult is usually in the range 89–95 cm (35–38 in) long. A maximum length of 105 cm (41.3") was stipulated from 2015. Th ...

Ice hockey stick An ice hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in ice hockey to shoot, pass, and carry the puck across the ice. Ice hockey sticks are approximately 150–200 cm long, composed of a long, slender shaft with a flat extension at one end c ...

Lacrosse stick A lacrosse stick or crosse is used to play the sport of lacrosse. Players use the lacrosse stick to handle the ball and to strike or "check" opposing players' sticks, causing them to drop the ball. The head of a lacrosse stick is roughly triangular ...

, used in lacrosse * The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football

Music

Drum stick A drum stick (or drumstick) is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit, and some other percussion instruments, and particularly for playing unpitched percussion. Specialized beaters used on some other pe ...

, 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 Struck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes) that are found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system ...

, a struck percussion instrument * ''

Led Zeppelin IV The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV'', was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by guitarist Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and Fe ...

'', 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 phrase "carrot and stick" is a metaphor for the use of a combination of reward and punishment to induce a desired behaviour. In politics, "carrot or stick" sometimes refers to the realist concept of soft and hard power. The carrot in this ...

'' * "The Sticks", a track from the 1966 Cannonball Adderley Quintet album ''

Cannonball in Japan ''Cannonball in Japan'' is a live recording by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Sankei Hall in Tokyo which was first released on the Japanese Capitol label in 1966 before being more widely released on CD in 1990.manual transmission A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission (mechanics), transmission ...

** Gear stick, used in a manual transmission-equipped automobile to change gears * Control or centre stick, an aircraft cockpit arrangement

Geography

Boondocks The boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog (Filipino) word ''bundók'' ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area, but now, is often applied to an out-of-the-way area considered backward and unsophisticated by ...

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

Fiction

Stick (comics) Stick is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, depicted as a blind sensei and leader of the Chaste who trained Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios. Stick appeared in the 2005 film '' Elektra'' portraye ...

, the teacher of Daredevil and Elektra in Marvel Comics * ''Stick'' (novel), a 1983 novel by

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thri ...

* "Sticks" (short story), a 1974 short story by Karl Edward Wagner

Film and TV

* ''Sticks'' (film), a 2001 film starring Justina Machado and Lillo Brancato * ''Stick'' (film), a 1985 Burt Reynolds film * ''The Stick'', a 1987 film directed by Darrell Roodt *

, a Marvel Comics character * Stick Stickly, a Nickelodeon character * Stick Bernard, protagonist of the anime series '' Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'' * Sticks the Badger, a character from the 2014 TV series ''Sonic Boom''

People

Stick Elliott Gene "Stick Elliott" Daves (July 27, 1934 – November 1, 1980) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He was a driver in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1962 to 1971. He was a 2009 inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall ...

(1934–1980), American stock car driver *

Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan (born 1 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football ...

(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 Jan Stick is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus until her defeat in the ...

, 21st century Canadian politician * Josh Stick (born 1980), New Zealand former footballer *

Leonard Stick Leonard Tretheway Stick (7 February 1892 – 7 December 1979) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and became an accountant, businessman, clerk and manager by career. Leonard Sti ...

(1892–1979), Canadian politician *

Mzwandile Stick Mzwandile Wanky Stick (born 5 October 1984 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African former rugby union footballer, and currently (since 2016) the backline coach for the South African national rugby union team. Playing career He captained the Sout ...

(born 1984), South African rugby union player and coach

Food

Pretzel sticks A pretzel (), from German pronunciation, standard german: Breze(l) ( and French / Alsatian: ''Bretzel'') is a type of baked bread made from dough that is commonly shaped into a knot. The traditional pretzel shape is a distinctive symmetrical ...

, pub snacks * Breadstick, dry baked bread * Fish sticks, processed food *

Crab stick Crab sticks, krab sticks, imitation crab (meat), or seafood sticks (originally known as ''kanikama'' in Japan) are a type of seafood made of starch and finely pulverized white fish ('' surimi'') that has been shaped and cured to resemble the l ...

, seafood * Mozzarella sticks, hors d'oeuvre *

Musk stick Musk sticks are a popular confection in Australia, available from many different suppliers. They consist of a semi-soft stick of fondant, usually pink, and often extruded with a ridged cross-section in the shape of a star. Their flavour and arom ...

, confection * Cinnamon sticks, spice

Other uses

* Stick (punishment), a rod used for corporal punishment *

Stick (unit) The stick may refer to several separate units, depending on the item being measured. Length In typography, the stick, stickful, or was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editing, editors to asse ...

, 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