# Stick

Stick or the stick may refer to:

## Thin elongated objects

* Twig or branch
* The weapon used in stick-fighting
* Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
* Shepherd's crook
* Swagger stick
* Digging stick
* Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks

## Sports

* Bandy stick, used in bandy
* Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards
* Hockey stick, used in hockey
** Field hockey stick
** Ice hockey stick
* Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse
* The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football

## Music

* Drum stick, used to strike drums
* Part of a bow used to play a string instrument
* Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family
* Percussion stick, a struck percussion instrument
* Led Zeppelin IV, a 1971 album sometimes referred to as Sticks
* The Sticks (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother
* Sticks, a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album Carrots and Sticks
* "The Sticks", a track from the 1966 Cannonball Adderley Quintet album Cannonball in Japan
* "Stick (song), a song from the 2022 Dreamville album D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape

## Transportation

* Stick or stick shift, an automobile's manual transmission
** Gear stick, used in a manual transmission-equipped automobile to change gears
* Control or centre stick, an aircraft cockpit arrangement

## Geography

* Boondocks, also called "the sticks", a remote area
* Candlestick Park, a defunct stadium in San Francisco, nicknamed "The Stick"

## Fiction

* Stick (comics), the teacher of Daredevil and Elektra in Marvel Comics
* Stick (novel), a 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard
* "Sticks" (short story), a 1974 short story by Karl Edward Wagner

## Film and TV

* Sticks (film), a 2001 film starring Justina Machado and Lillo Brancato
* Stick (film), a 1985 Burt Reynolds film
* The Stick, a 1987 film directed by Darrell Roodt
* Stick (comics), a Marvel Comics character
* Stick Stickly, a Nickelodeon character
* Stick Bernard, protagonist of the anime series Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
* Sticks the Badger, a character from the 2014 TV series Sonic Boom
* "Stick" (Daredevil)

## People

* Stick Elliott (1934–1980), American stock car driver
* Stephen Kernahan (born 1963), Australian footballer nicknamed "Sticks"
* Gene Michael (1938–2017), American baseball player nicknamed "Stick"
* Norm Provan (1932–2021), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach nicknamed "Sticks"
* Easton Stick (born 1995), American football quarterback
* Jan Stick, 21st century Canadian politician
* Josh Stick (born 1980), New Zealand former footballer
* Leonard Stick (1892–1979), Canadian politician
* Mzwandile Stick (born 1984), South African rugby union player and coach
* LeJerald Betters (born 1988), American sprinter nicknamed "Sticks"

## Food

* Pretzel sticks, pub snacks
* Breadstick, dry baked bread
* Fish sticks, processed food
* Crab stick, seafood
* Mozzarella sticks, hors d'oeuvre
* Musk stick, confection
* Cinnamon sticks, spice
* Popsicle stick, to hold ice pops (among other uses)

## Other uses

* Stick (punishment), a rod used for corporal punishment
* Stick (unit), several units of measurement
* Stick, a British slang term for abuse, insult, or denigration
* A group of paratroopers in a single aircraft
* A group of soldiers corresponding to a section