Stick

Stick or the stick may refer to:

Thin elongated objects

 * Twig or branch
 * 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 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 chain crew 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, 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
 * "Stick (song), a song from the 2022 Dreamville album D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape

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), a 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard
 * "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
 * 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
 * "Stick" (Daredevil)

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 (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 (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, 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), 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