Stick, sticks or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects

Twig A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or Bush (plant), 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 t ...

branch A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins. History and etymology In Old English, there are numerous words for branch, includ ...

Walking stick A walking stick (also known as a walking cane, cane, walking staff, or staff) 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 acces ...

, a device to facilitate balancing while walking *

Shepherd's crook A shepherd's crook is a long and sturdy stick with a hook at one end, often with the point flared outwards, used by a shepherd to manage and sometimes catch sheep. In addition, the crook may aid in defending against attack by predators. Wh ...

* Shillelagh * Swagger stick * Digging stick *

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 team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...

, 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 stic ...

, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards *

Hockey stick A hockey stick is a piece of sports equipment used by the players in all the forms of hockey to move the ball or puck (as appropriate to the type of hockey) either to push, pull, hit, strike, flick, steer, launch or stop the ball/Hockey puck, puc ...

, used in hockey ** Field hockey stick **

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

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

, used in lacrosse * The weapon used in

stick-fighting Stick-fighting, stickfighting, or stick fighting, is a variety of martial arts which use blunt, hand-held "sticks" for fighting, most typically a simple, non-lethal, wooden staff or baton. Schools of stick-fighting exist for a variety of weapon ...

* The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the

chain crew In gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") is a crew that manages signal poles on one of the sidelines. There are three primary signal poles: the "rear rod" that marks the beginning of the current set of downs, the ...

in American football

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

'', 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 ''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.Stick (song) "Stick" is a song released by record label Dreamville, performed by American rappers JID and J. Cole featuring fellow American rappers Kenny Mason and Sheck Wes. It was released on March 31, 2022, as the first track on the label's compilatio ...

, a song from the 2022 Dreamville album '' D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape''

Transportation

* Stick or stick shift, an automobile's

manual transmission A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canadian English, Canada, British English, the United Kingdom and American English, the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed ...

Gear stick A gear stick (rarely spelled ''gearstick''), gear lever (both UK English), gearshift or shifter (both U.S. English), more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term ''gear s ...

, used in a manual transmission-equipped automobile to change gears * Control or

centre stick A centre stick (or center stick in the United States), or simply control stick, is an aircraft cockpit arrangement where the control column (or joystick) is located in the center of the cockpit either between the pilot's legs or between the pil ...

, 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 c ...

, also called "the sticks", a remote area *

Candlestick Park Candlestick Park was an outdoor stadium located in the Bayview-Hunters Point, Hunters Point area of San Francisco, California, United States. It was originally the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 S ...

, a defunct stadium in San Francisco, nicknamed "The Stick"

Fiction

Stick (comics) Stick, also known as Sadhan, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a blind sensei and leader of the Chaste (Marvel Comics), Chaste who trained Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Matt Murdock and Elekt ...

, 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 author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest no ...

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

Film, TV and entertainment

* ''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 * ''Stick'' (TV series), a 2025 sports comedy TV series *

, 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'' * "Stick" (''Daredevil''), an episode from the TV series

People

* Stick Elliott (1934–1980), American stock car driver * Stephen Kernahan (born 1963), Australian footballer nicknamed "Sticks" * Gene Michael (1938–2017), American baseball player nicknamed "Stick" *

Norm Provan Norman Douglas Somerville Provan (18 December 1932 – 13 October 2021) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. Also nicknamed "Sticks", he was a second-row forward with the St. George Dragons during the first ten of ...

(1932–2021), 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 Mzwandile Wanky Stick (born 5 October 1984 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African former rugby union footballer, and currently (since 2016) the Coach (sports), backline coach for the South African national rugby union team. Playing career He ca ...

(born 1984), South African rugby union player and coach * LeJerald Betters (born 1988), American sprinter nicknamed "Sticks"

Food

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

Crab stick Crab sticks, krab sticks, snow legs, imitation crab meat, or seafood sticks are a Japanese seafood product made of ''surimi'' (pulverized white fish) and starch, then shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of snow crab or Japanese spider c ...

, seafood * Mozzarella sticks, hors d'oeuvre * Musk stick, confection * Cinnamon sticks, spice * Popsicle stick, to hold ice pops (among other uses)

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 ass ...

, several units of measurement * Stick, a British slang term for abuse, insult, or denigration * A group of

paratrooper A paratrooper or military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually as part of a large airborne forces unit. Traditionally paratroopers fight only as light infa ...

s in a single aircraft * A group of soldiers corresponding to a section