Noun

sticks

1. Plural form of stick.
2. (slang, with "the", plural only; not used in singular form) rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

   We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.

Synonyms

(rural):

• See: Wikisaurus:remote place
• boonies
• boondocks
• hinterland
• middle of nowhere
• the sticks

A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch from a tree without the leaves that may be refined. It can also be used as a weapon and early records have shown that they were used for hunting.

Stick may refer to:

• Chopsticks, an eating utensil
• Rod, cane, or hickory stick, disciplinary implements
• Pointing stick, an indicator
• Swagger stick, a formal attribute
• Club (weapon) or staff (stick), weapons
• Tally stick, a marking medium
• Cane (walking stick), a mobility aid
• Fire stick, a stick for making fire
• Digging stick, a primitive tool for digging up foods

In objects of similar shape:

• A stick of dynamite
• Joystick, the control column in an aircraft cockpit, or a computer game controller
• Prayer stick
• Polo stick, hockey stick, lacrosse stick, etc. in sports
• Memory Stick, a device for storing digital information.
• Modem stick (i.e. Huawei E172).
• Stick shift, automobile transmission

The sticks may refer to:

• The boondocks, a remote area, or a city or town that is considered unsophisticated

Stick may also refer to:

• Adhesion
• Stick (unit), an ancient unit of length (2 inch ≈ 5 cm), cfr. in yard
• Gold Stick and Silver Stick, certain functions named after a ceremonial attribute
• Stick (comics), a character in Marvel Comics, predominantly Daredevil
• Stick-Eastlake, a type of Victorian architecture
• Stick (film), a movie featuring Burt Reynolds and music by Anne Murray
• Penis (slang)
• Mzwandile Stick (born 1984), a South African rugby player

In nicknames:

• Sticks for the Led Zeppelin album Led Zeppelin IV
• Sticks for Stephen Kernahan, former Australian rules football champion with the Carlton Football Club
• Stick for Gene Michael, former baseball infielder and manager
• Candlestick Park, the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers and former home of the San Francisco Giants
• Sticks is Jaina Solo's Nickname while she is in Rogue Squadron from Star Wars

In music:

• Stick, a 1990's alternative rock band from Lawrence, Kansas
• Didgeridoo, a musical instrument often called a "stick"
• Clapstick, a musical instrument that traditionally accompanies the didgeridoo
• Chapman Stick, a musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s
• Stick, the wooden or fiberglass part of a bow for a stringed instrument
• Drum stick, a tool for playing drums

In the military:

• A cluster of bombs
• A group of (generally) 12 paratroopers

In language:

• to give stick, British English slang expression meaning 'to give denigration or criticism' for something to someone