stick in
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Verb | 1. | stick in - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" spatchcock - interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story |
2. | stick in - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall" inoculate - introduce a microorganism into inset - set or place in glass - put in a glass container catheterise, catheterize - insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder" cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk" interlard, intersperse - introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" foist - insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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w>stick in
vt sep
(= put in) → hineinstecken; knife etc → hineinstechen; to stick something in(to) something → etw in etw (acc) → stecken; (= prick) knife, pin etc → mit etw in etw (acc) → stechen; he stuck his knife in(to) the table → er stieß das Messer in den Tisch; she stuck a knife in(to) him → sie stieß ihm ein Messer in den Leib
vi (knife, arrow) → stecken (bleiben)
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