STICKTIGHT Definition & Meaning

sticktight

[ stik-tahyt ]

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noun

any of several composite plants of the genus Bidens, having barbed achenes that adhere to clothing or fur.
any of various other plants having seeds that adhere to clothing or fur.
a seed of any of these plants.

sticktight

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noun

any of various plants, esp the bur marigold, that have barbed clinging fruits

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Origin of sticktight¹

Noun use of verb phrase stick tight

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"Dat's de last ob de sticktights," cried the black, standing at the end of the colonnade, and waving his torch above his head.

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He said he'd been by Logan's woods, And up by Walton's branch and Simms, And there were sticktights on his clothes And little dusts of seeds and stems.

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"Certainly," replied the colonel, studying how to get rid of the "sticktights."

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