Meaning of Sticks | Babel Free

Definitions

1. rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
   derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
2. plural of Stick
3. Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over.
   plural, plural-only
4. crutches
   plural, plural-only, slang

Equivalents

Examples

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

“"How'd your in-laws feel⟳ about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass⟳ the paper bag test⟳ and the comb test⟳, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool baptist from out in the sticks."”

“It was a maiden race⟳ over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip⟳ off and make⟳ the running throughout.”

“Do they prefer⟳ flat or 'over the sticks' (jump⟳ races)? Does the group know⟳ what the races with jumps are called?”

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