# sticking

Pronunciation: say "STIK-ing" /ˈstɪkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of stick. — present participle and gerund of stick
   - Simple: Present participle of stick. Use this form for the action happening right now or as the act itself.
   - _The door was sticking in its frame after the heavy rain._
   - _Sticking to a plan takes real discipline._

## Noun

2. A planned sequence of left- and right-hand strokes a drummer uses to play a passage with drumsticks.
   - Simple: The planned order of hits a drummer uses to play a part with sticks.
   - _The instructor marked a new sticking over the tricky sixteenth-note run._
   - _Drummers often experiment with different stickings to find the most efficient motion._
3. Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat formerly sold to sausage and pie makers.
   - Simple: Poor-quality or damaged meat once sold cheaply to people who made sausages and pies.
   - _The sausage maker bought sticking at the market each week to keep his costs down._
   - _Much of the sticking went into meat pies sold to factory workers._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sticking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).