stuck on someone or something

stuck on someone or something
mod. enamored with someone or something; obsessed with someone or something.
Tom is stuck on himself—as conceited as can be.
I’m really stuck on this stuff. It’s just yummy.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • stuck with someone or something — mod. burdened with someone or something; left with the burden of someone or something. □ It’s your problem, and you’re stuck with it. D Am I stuck with this kid forever? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • stuck with someone — stuck with (someone/something) forced to have or deal with someone or something you do not want or like. Taxpayers may be stuck with a $330,000 bill for the Olympic festival. If you re late for dinner, you ll be stuck with the leftovers …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick someone with something — tv. to urden someone with something. □ Please don’t stick me with the stick shift again. □ He left town and stuck me with the bill …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • stuck with something — stuck with (someone/something) forced to have or deal with someone or something you do not want or like. Taxpayers may be stuck with a $330,000 bill for the Olympic festival. If you re late for dinner, you ll be stuck with the leftovers …   New idioms dictionary

  • stuck with — (someone/something) forced to have or deal with someone or something you do not want or like. Taxpayers may be stuck with a $330,000 bill for the Olympic festival. If you re late for dinner, you ll be stuck with the leftovers …   New idioms dictionary

  • stuck — stuck1 the past tense and past participle of stick1 stuck stuck 2 [ stʌk ] adjective never before noun 1. ) caught or held in a position so that you cannot move: get stuck: She tried to crawl through the window, but she got stuck. stuck in: Carl… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stuck — I UK / US the past tense and past participle of stick I II UK [stʌk] / US adjective [never before noun] 1) caught or held in a position so that you cannot move get stuck: She tried to crawl through the window, but she got stuck. stuck in: Carl s… …   English dictionary

  • stuck — [stʌk] adj I 1) caught or held in a position so that you cannot move Carl s car got stuck in the mud.[/ex] 2) unable to solve a problem that prevents you from continuing something I m really stuck on this algebra problem.[/ex] 3) informal having… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • stuck — stuck1 [stʌk] the past tense and past participle of ↑stick 1 stuck 2 stuck2 adj [not before noun] 1.) impossible or unable to move from a particular position ▪ Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck. ▪ They got stuck in a traffic jam.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stuck — 1 the past tense and past participle of stick 1 2 adjective (not before noun) 1 FIXED fixed in a particular position and impossible to move: Sheila tried to open the window but it was stuck. | get stuck: The bus got stuck in the snow and we had… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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