stik

due, hitch, jab, plug, prickle, stab, sting, twinge

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I. (et -) prick;

(med våben) stab;

(af insekt) sting, bite;

(smerte) stab of pain, twinge (of pain) ( fx he felt a twinge in the region of the heart),

(fig) pang ( fx of grief, of remorse, of regret),

(svagere) twinge ( fx of conscience, of regret);

(om ting) (elekt, tlf: på væggen) point ( fx there are points in all the rooms),

(stikprop) plug ( fx take the plug out);

(i kortspil) trick;

(mar: i tov etc) hitch, bend;

(kobberstik, stålstik) engraving;

[holde stik] hold good;

[lade en i stikken] leave somebody in the lurch, leave somebody high and dry;

[tage stikket ud]

(tlf også) unplug the telephone.

II. adv:

[stik imod] dead against,

(fig) directly contrary to,

F in diametrical opposition to, diametrically opposed to;

[være (, gå) stik imod]

(også) fly in the face of ( fx common sense, experience, public opinion);

[stik modsat] directly opposite;

[det stik modsatte] the very opposite;

[have stik modvind] have the wind dead ahead;

[stik øst (, nord etc)] due east (, north etc).