stick

noun

1. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
2. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
3. A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
4. A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
5. A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
6. The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
7. A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
8. A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
9. A bar (counter where drinks are served).
10. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
11. 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).
12. A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
13. A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
14. A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
15. A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
19. 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.)
20. Use of the stick to control the aircraft.