sticktight

Other forms of sticktight

plural

sticktights·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sticktight

What does sticktight mean?

sticktight means "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sticktight?

sticktight has 2 syllables: stick-tight. The stress falls on "stick". In IPA it is /ˈstɪkˌtaɪt/.

What is another word for sticktight?

Close synonyms include bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight flea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sticktight a common word?

sticktight is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sticktight?

13 words rhyme with sticktight. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.