Stick
Encyclopedia
Music
- The SticksThe SticksThe Sticks are a five-piece band from Manchester, England, comprising Tom Rush , his sister, Poppy Rush , James Moores , The band originally had Andy Lavery on lead guitar; however, Andy has taken a leave of absence due to family commitments.The sticks were formed in October 2007 and performed...
, a British band - Sticks (album)Led Zeppelin IVThe fourth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. No title is printed on the album, so it is generally referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, following the naming standard used by the band's first three studio albums...
, by Led Zeppelin - Chapman StickChapman StickThe Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family - ClapstickClapstickClapsticks or clappers are a type of drumstick or percussion mallet that are used to serve the purpose of maintaining rhythm. Unlike drumsticks, which are generally used to strike a drum, clapsticks are intended for striking one stick on another....
, a type of percussion mallet traditionally accompanying the didgeridoo - Drum stickDrum stickA percussion mallet is an object used to beat drums and other percussion instruments. Some specialized mallets are called beaters, drumsticks.Note: See Rute .-Drum sticks:...
, an object used to strike drums - Stick, part of a bowBow (music)In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....
used to play a string instrument
Sports
- Hockey stickHockey stickA hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in field hockey, ice hockey or roller hockey to move the ball or puck.- Field hockey :Field hockey sticks have an end which varies in shape, often depending on the players position...
- Lacrosse stickLacrosse stickA lacrosse stick or crosse is a long-handled racket used to play the sport of lacrosse. Players use the lacrosse stick to handle the ball and to strike at opposing players...
- Mzwandile StickMzwandile StickMzwandile Wanky Stick is a South African rugby union player for the Eastern Province Kings in the Currie Cup First Division. He captained the South Africa sevens team during the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series, which saw the team win the series title for the first time. His favoured position is...
(born 1984), South African rugby player - Stephen KernahanStephen KernahanStephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997...
(born 1963), Australian footballer, nicknamed "Sticks" - Gene Michael (born 1938), American baseball player, nicknamed "Stick"
Other uses
- Stick (comics)Stick (comics)Stick is a fictional American comic book character owned by Marvel Comics who appears in that company's Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:The mysterious Stick is a sensei who trained the young but inexperienced Matt Murdock Marvel...
, a blind martial arts master from Marvel Comics who served as a teacher for both DaredevilDaredevil (Marvel Comics)Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...
and ElektraElektra (comics)Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero...
. - Stick (film)Stick (film)Stick is a 1985 crime film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.-Plot:Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades...
- Stick (measurement)
- Stick (punishment)
- Staff (stick)
- Walking stickWalking stickA walking stick is a device used by many people to facilitate balancing while walking.Walking sticks come in many shapes and sizes, and can be sought by collectors. Some kinds of walking stick may be used by people with disabilities as a crutch...
- StickMUDStickMUD-History:StickMUD opened to the public on June 17, 1991. The founding wizards, Pekka "Frobozz" Timonen and Niilo "Graah" Paasivirta, got permission to run the MUD on a server at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, from a local admin, Otto J. "Extechop" Mäkelä...
, a text-based online role-playing game - Stick shift, a type of vehicle transmission
- JoystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
, an input device commonly used for video games, aircraft and large machinery - Pointing stickPointing stickThe pointing stick is an isometric joystick used as a pointing device . It was invented by research scientist Ted Selker...
, a computer input device commonly found on laptops - Gold Stick and Silver StickGold Stick and Silver StickThe Gold Stick and the Silver Stick are bodyguard positions in the British Royal Household, personal attendants to the Sovereign on ceremonial occasions....
, bodyguard positions in the British Royal Household - Stick-EastlakeStick-EastlakeThe Stick style was a late-19th-century American architectural style. According to McAlester, it served as the transition between the Carpenter Gothic style of the mid-19th century, and the Queen Anne style that it evolved into and superseded it by the 1890s....
, a type of architecture - Boondocks, also called "the sticks," a remote area
- Candlestick Park, a stadium, nicknamed "The Stick"
- A group of paratrooperParatrooperParatroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land...
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