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How to sign: be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me";
See also: puzzle over, solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work out, work
Similiar / Same: perplex, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, dumbfound, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, beat, get
Categories: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
Within this category: elude, riddle, stump
How to sign: fix, force, or implant
"lodge a bullet in the table";
See also: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project
Similiar / Same: wedge, deposit, lodge
Categories: fasten, fix, secure
Within this category: redeposit
How to sign: a small thin branch of a tree
Categories: limb, tree branch
How to sign: implement consisting of a length of wood
"he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick";
Categories: implement
Within this category: bow, club, divining rod, drumstick, linstock, matchstick, maulstick, singlestick, spindle, staff, stob, swizzle stick, walking stick
How to sign: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
Similiar / Same: control stick, joystick
Categories: lever
How to sign: be loyal to
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war";
Similiar / Same: stick by, stand by, adhere
Categories: be
How to sign: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger";
