Stick or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects

* Twig * The weapon used in stick fighting * Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking * Shepherd's crook * Swagger stick * Digging stick * Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks

Sports

* Bandy#Rules, Bandy stick, used in bandy * Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards * Hockey stick, used in hockey ** Field hockey stick ** Ice hockey stick * Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse * The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the American_football#Officials_and_fouls, chain crew in American football

Music

* Drum stick, used to strike drums * Part of a bow (music), 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), ''The Sticks'' (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother * ''Sticks'', a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album ''Carrots and Sticks (album), Carrots and Sticks'' * "The Sticks", a track from the 1966 Cannonball Adderley Quintet album ''Cannonball in Japan''

Transportation

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

Geography

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

Fiction

* Stick (comics), the teacher of Daredevil and Elektra in Marvel Comics * Stick (novel), ''Stick'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard * Sticks (short story), "Sticks" (short story), a 1974 short story by Karl Edward Wagner

Film and TV

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

Food

* Pretzel sticks, pub snacks * Breadstick, dry baked bread * Fish sticks, processed food * Crab stick, seafood * Mozzarella sticks, hors d'oeuvre * Musk stick, confection * Cinnamon sticks, spice

Other uses

* Stick (punishment), a rod used for corporal punishment * Stick (unit), several units of measurement * Stick, a List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z#S, British slang term for abuse, insult, or denigration * A group of paratroopers in a single aircraft * A group of soldiers corresponding to a section (military), section