stick

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/stɪk/    /stɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch. countable,uncountable
    — The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
  2. The customary length (according to the material used) of a piece or roll of textile fabrics imported from Flanders. obsolete
  3. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab; an instance of sticking (pricking or piercing). countable
    — […] ; but let me tell you, my brave boy, that a stick with a sword hurts worse than a prick with a needle.
  4. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. countable,uncountable
    — I found several good sticks in the brush heap.
  5. An instance of piercing someone with a needle, e.g. to draw blood or start an IV. countable,uncountable
    — Most phlebotomists (those who do the actual venipuncture) seldom acknowledge a bad stick in front of a donor, especially if the donor is inexperienced and the vein is not a particularly trick one to reach. Rather than admit to blowing an easy stick, the phlebotomist may say or do things to indicate that nothing is wrong or may even place the blame on someone else, usually the donor.
  6. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A timber board, especially a two by four (inches). US,countable,uncountable
    — I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
  7. A person whom one is piercing with a needle to draw blood or start an IV (especially in the context of how difficult or easy this is). colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — I was called to start an IV on a “difficult stick.” (Notice the term we so commonly use to describe a human being who is difficult to hook up to an IV.)
  8. The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness. uncountable
  9. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking. countable,uncountable
    — I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
  10. The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.; The traction of tires on the road surface. countable,uncountable
  11. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards. countable,uncountable
    — As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.
  12. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint. countable,uncountable
    — When cutting the door parts, I cut all the copes first, then the sticks.
  13. That which sticks (remains attached to another surface). uncountable
  14. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard. countable,uncountable
  15. That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).; The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick. countable,uncountable
    — Problem: A lot of stick and a lack of energy on the forward stroke.
  16. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden). countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.
  17. One who sticks at something; one who persists. countable,informal,rare
    — There had been a reference to the language. "I often wished that I was a better stick at it," said Tulloch. "I'd picked up a bit in Bombay and of course I threw myself into it when Fraser got me the post. […]"
  18. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.; A bar (counter where drinks are served). countable,slang,uncountable
    — I've been working behind the stick for twenty years.
  19. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. countable,uncountable
    — Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
  20. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.; A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard). Canada,US,countable,uncountable
    — The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
  21. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.; A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum. countable,uncountable
    — Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!
  22. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.; A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette). countable,slang,uncountable
    — Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.
  23. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.; A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick. countable,uncountable
    — My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
  24. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.; A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it[…]
  25. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.; The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers. countable,uncountable
    — Scores of transport planes streamed in to drop stick after stick of containers until the entire sky over the coast was polka-dotted with brightly coloured parachutes.
  26. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission. US,colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn't.
  27. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.; Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions. US,colloquial,uncountable
    — I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
  28. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.) countable,uncountable
  29. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; Use of the stick to control the aircraft. uncountable
    — For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip.
  30. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; An aircraft’s propeller. US,World-War-I,countable,slang,uncountable
  31. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A joystick. countable,uncountable
    — The keyboard offers a full range of actions including Fight and you are given the option of using a Kempston stick for the movement combat.
  32. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A memory stick. countable,uncountable
    — For ultimate presentation portability, a Powerpoint can be saved to a stick as images.
  33. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A handgun. countable,slang,uncountable
    — A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye.
  34. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type. countable,dated,uncountable
    — […]although the headings may often be in other type, still, as these are composed in the same stick, they cannot fail to justify;[…]
  35. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; The clarinet. countable,slang,uncountable
    — Arsene, boy, ain't you worried about your clarinet? Where'd you leave that stick, man?
  36. A stick-like item:; A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. countable,uncountable
    — Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.
  37. A stick-like item:; The short whip carried by a jockey. countable,uncountable
  38. A stick-like item:; A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard. countable,uncountable
  39. A stick-like item:; The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. countable,uncountable
    — His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.
  40. A stick-like item:; The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc. US,slang,uncountable
    — His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.
  41. A stick-like item:; The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.; The game of pool, or an individual pool game. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — He shoots a mean stick of pool.
  42. Ability; specifically:; The long-range driving ability of a golf club. countable,uncountable
    — I doubted that the three iron was enough stick.
  43. Ability; specifically:; The potential hitting power of a specific bat. countable,uncountable
  44. Ability; specifically:; General hitting ability. countable,uncountable
    — Vaughn has to hit and keep hitting or this will be another year when the Mets don't have enough stick to win.
  45. Ability; specifically:; The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it. countable,uncountable
  46. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — Your father's a great old stick. He's really been very good to me.
  47. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — "She's a stick, this one. She lacks your—" he patted her left breast— "equipment."
  48. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); An assistant planted in the audience. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — The kid was a stick, a plant, a student from UNLV who picked up a few bucks nightly by saying the words "seven of hearts."
  49. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); A shill or house player. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — A shill is also called a stick, and the role of the shill or stick is to make the customer relax and feel at ease.
  50. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); A stiff, stupidly obstinate person. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
  51. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); A fighter pilot. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — Bill Kirk, described by Robin as a "hell of a stick," didn't even attend college until after the Vietnam War.
  52. A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.); A small group of (infantry) soldiers. South-Africa,countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — I remember when we dreaded the rain, as our stick of soldiers walked through the damp, tick-infested long grass of the Zambezi valley,[…]
  53. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.; A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.) countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — We were tempted with the carrot but subtly threatened with the stick.
  54. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.; Corporal punishment, beatings slang,uncountable
    — The child killers got some stick. I saw a woman throw a basin of scalding water over a baby killer.
  55. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.; Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc. UK,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Most people can remember their first taste of cider: sandwiched between an illicit fag and a bout of throwing up. It’s always been the teen drink of choice: available in group-sized bottles and with a more acceptably fruity taste than beer. It is also the down-and-out’s favourite tipple because it’s stronger than many bitters and lagers, so it’s a cheap way to get wasted. As a consequence, it has never been the hippest of drinks. As a devotee, I’ve come in for some stick over the years.
  56. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.; Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity. countable,slang,uncountable
    — He really gave that digging some stick.
    He threw himself into the task of digging.
  57. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.; Vigorous driving of a car; gas. countable,slang,uncountable
    — Skunk really gave it some stick all the way to Caliban's place, we passed a good few Coppers but they all seemed to turn the blind eye.
  58. A measure.; An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — There was another speech in that day's news — a speech which The Times printed on the front page because it was part of a front-page story, and in full — it was only two sticks long; printed in full just after the much longer invocation by the officiating clergyman […]
  59. A measure.; A quantity of eels, usually 25. archaic,countable,rare,uncountable
    — The stick is employed for eels, and contained twenty-five.
  60. Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
  2. To become or remain attached; to adhere. intransitive
    — The tape will not stick if it melts.
  3. To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick. dated,slang,transitive
    — to stick type
  4. To jam; to stop moving. intransitive
    — The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
  5. To tolerate, to endure, to stick with. transitive
    — "I've had ten years of it, scratching enough out of it to dress and feed myself when the going's good and sharing a room with a girl friend or pigging it in some cheap boarding-house, and doing a perish when I've been out of a job. I've got to the point where I can't stick it any longer. I'd get out tomorrow if I could find something else to do."
  6. To furnish or set with sticks. transitive
  7. To persist. intransitive
    — His old nickname stuck.
  8. To hit with a stick.
  9. Of snow, to remain frozen on landing. intransitive
  10. To remain loyal; to remain firm. intransitive
    — Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
  11. To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases). dated,intransitive
    — For thou art so possess’d with murderous hate That ’gainst thyself thou stick’st not to conspire.
  12. To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding. dated,intransitive
    — He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds open by degrees, and how it is exercise alone that opens them. Sometimes they will stick a long time at a part of a demonstration, not for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas; that, to one whose understanding is more exercised, is as visible as any thing can be.
  13. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. dated,intransitive
    — 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73, […] this is the Difficulty that seemeth chiefly to stick with the most reasonable of those, who, from a mere Scruple of Conscience, refuse to join with us upon the Revolution Principle […] .
  14. To attach with glue or as if by gluing. transitive
    — Stick the label on the jar.
  15. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). transitive
    — Stick your bag over there and come with me.
  16. To press (something with a sharp point) into something else. transitive
    — The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
  17. To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.; To stab. transitive
    — In certain of their sacrifices they had a lamb, they sticked him, they killed him, and made sacrifice of him: this lamb was Christ the Son of God, he was killed, sticked, and made a sweet-smelling sacrifice for our sins.
  18. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale. transitive
    — to stick an apple on a fork
  19. To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing. archaic,transitive
    — my shroud of white, stuck all with yew
  20. To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly. transitive
    — Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
  21. To propagate plants by cuttings. transitive
    — Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
  22. To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck. transitive
  23. To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle. dated,transitive
    — to stick somebody with a hard problem
  24. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. dated,slang,transitive
    — Behind all that languid talk she was feverishly computing, "I wonder how much I can stick him for it. A hundred and fifty? But it's worth that - two hundred. He won't value it unless the price is stiff."
  25. To have sexual intercourse with. US,intransitive,slang
    — You ain't lickin' this, you ain't stickin' this
  26. To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand. UK,intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Likely to stick; sticking, sticky. informal
    — A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.

词形变化

sticks plural sticks present,singular,third-person sticking participle,present sticked participle,past sticked past sticks plural sticks present,singular,third-person sticking participle,present stuck participle,past stuck past sticked archaic,participle,past sticked archaic,past sticker comparative stickest superlative sticks plural

词汇关系

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analog stick a stick in a bundle cannot be broken a stick in a bundle is unbreakable backstick ball and stick ball-and-stick model balloon stick bangstick beat off with a stick beat with the ugly stick beer stick better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick between the sticks big stick billystick Billy Wigglestick bin stick bite stick bloodstick boomstick bougar-stick breadstick broomstick bug-on-a-stick bully stick button stick cabbage on a stick cancer stick candlestick carrot and stick carrot-and-stick catstick center stick chainsticks chamberstick Chapman stick chapstick cheese stick chewing stick chew stick chewstick Chinese fighting stick chopstick Christ on a stick cinnamon stick clapstick cleft stick cleversticks clue stick cocktail stick composing stick control stick cornstick coup stick coupstick crabstick crap on a stick cross as two sticks croupier's stick croupier stick cuestick curling stick cut one's stick cut stick dandy's stick dandy stick data stick dead stick deadstick death stick deep stick devil sticks digging stick dingle stick dipping stick dipstick disco stick dope stick dope-stick dressing stick dripstick drive stick drumstick every stick has two ends fair suck of the sauce stick feather stick fiddlestick fighting stick fight stick fingerstick firestick fire-stick fish stick flat stick flax-stick floatstick flower sticks folding-stick folding stick footstick foot stick forestick fortune stick French stick fuckstick funkstick gas on a stick gearstick get on the stick giggle stick give stick glow stick glue stick goad stick gob stick goon stick gum stick gunstick gun-stick gutter stick hair stick handstick headstick heaven on a stick heel stick high-stick high-sticking hit with the stupid stick hockey stick holy crap on a stick honey stick hoopstick idiot stick in a cleft stick incense stick inkstick in quick sticks in the sticks it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick joss stick joystick keep one's stick on the ice knobstick lacrosse stick ladystick lightstick like a monkey on a stick like breaking sticks lipstick locust stick love stick make a stick for one's own back matchstick measure stick meat stick memory stick mesh stick message stick meterstick meter stick metre stick mint stick monkey on a stick monkey stick moon on a stick mop-stick mopstick mop stick more than one can poke a stick at more than one can shake a stick at more than you can shake a stick at morning sticks mouthstick mozzarella stick musicstick musk stick needlestick nickstick nigger stick nightstick noise stick old stick on a stick one cannot break a stick in a bundle one can't break a stick in a bundle one can't break sticks in a bundle orange stick pace stick painstick paintstick panstick peppermint stick pica stick pick-up sticks piggy stick pigstick pimp stick pipe-stick pixie stick play stick pogo stick pointing stick poking-stick polo-stick polystick pongee stick Poohsticks porridge-stick potstick propstick puffy sticks pugil stick pumpkin-on-a-stick punji stick pushstick rabbit stick rainstick rhythm stick rice stick riddle stick router on a stick Sabbath stick salt stick satay stick sea-stick selfie stick sex on a stick shake a stick at shave stick shaving stick sherm stick shift stick shimmer stick shit end of the stick shit stick shitsticks shitty stick shoe stick shooting stick short end of the stick sidestick singles stick singlestick size stick ski stick slapstick slipstick snap stick speak softly and carry a big stick spitstick splash stick stick and carrot stick-and-poke stick-at-itiveness stickball stick boy stick bug stick chart stick deodorant stickfighter stickfighting stick figure stick frog stickful stickhandle stickhandler stick insect stick in the mud sticklac stickless stick letter sticklike stickman stick-nest rat stick nudger stick of furniture stick of gum stick phone stickpin stick puller stick pusher stickpusher sticks and stones sticks and stones may break my bones stick season stick shaker stickshaker stickshed stickshift sticks in a bundle are unbreakable sticks in a bundle cannot be broken sticks in a bundle can't be broken sticksman stick-thin stick time stick to one's last stick up one's ass stick up one's butt stickwater stickweed stick welding stickwoman stickwork stinky stick strike-stick sugar cane stick sugarstick swagger stick swizzle stick swordstick talking stick talk softly and carry a big stick tally stick taperstick tar with the same stick tear stick tea stick Thai stick the moon on a stick there are two ends to every stick throwing stick thumbstick thunderstick toddy stick Tommy Stick toothstick track stick trapstick trench stick twin-stick Twix ugly stick up stick up sticks up the stick USB stick walking stick walk softly and carry a big stick Welsh stick whipstick whizzing stick wrong end of the stick yamstick yardstick you cannot break a stick in a bundle you cannot break sticks in a bundle you can't break a stick in a bundle you can't break sticks in a bundle antistick stick clip stickproof stick-slip bestick dirt sticks let crazy stick its dick in you let the cobbler stick to his last mud sticks restick what sticks shit sticks stickability stickable stick a fork in me, I’m done stick a fork in something stickage stick a needle in my eye stick around stick a sock in it stick at stick at nothing stick by stick by one's guns stick down stick 'em up sticker stick fat stick in one's gizzard stick in someone's craw stick in someone's gullet stick in someone's throat stick it stick it out stick it to stick it to the man stickjaw stick like shit stick like shit to a blanket stick on stick-on stick one on stick one's dick in crazy stick one's foot in it stick one's foot in one's mouth stick one's head in the sand stick one's nose in stick one's nose into stick one's tongue out stick out stickseed stick that in your pipe and smoke it stick the knife in stick the landing sticktight sticktion stick to stick to business stick together sticktoitiveness stick to one's guns stick to one's knitting stick to one's own knitting stick to one's post stick to one's ribs stick to one's text stick to someone's ribs stick up stick up for stick up to stick with sticky throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick throw things at the wall and see what sticks unstick would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂-
Proto-Germanic *stikkōną
Proto-Germanic *stikkô
Proto-West Germanic *stikkō
Old English sticca
Middle English stikke
English stick
From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”), Dutch stek (“spot, place, home”), German Low German Stick (“stick”), German Stecken (“stick”), Danish and Norwegian stikke (“stick”), Swedish sticka (“splinter, needle”). Related to stigma.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂-
Proto-Germanic *stikkōną
Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn
Old English stician
Middle English stiken
English stick
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka.
Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
Proto-Germanic *stikaną

Proto-Germanic *stikaną
Proto-Germanic *stukkōną
Proto-Germanic *stukkiją
Proto-West Germanic *stukkī
Old Dutch *stukki
Middle Dutch sticbor.
Middle English stick
English stick
From Middle English stick, stik, steik, from Middle Dutch stic, stec, stuc (“piece”), from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). Cognate with German Stück (“piece”), Middle English stucche, sticche (“piece”).
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