STICK AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stick around mean? 

• STICK AROUND (verb)
  The verb STICK AROUND has 2 senses:

1. be available or ready for a certain function or service

2. stay put (in a certain place)

  Familiarity information: STICK AROUND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STICK AROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be available or ready for a certain function or service

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

stand by; stick about; stick around

Hypernyms (to "stick around" is one way to...):

wait (stay in one place and anticipate or expect something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They stick around a long time

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stay put (in a certain place)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

stay; stay put; stick; stick around

Context example:

Stick around and you will learn something!

Hypernyms (to "stick around" is one way to...):

stay in place (be stationary)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

It’s possible that the methane is trapped inside other ice, making it more likely to stick around.

(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)

Even Earth's atmosphere leaks. (Don't worry, it will stick around for another billion years or so.)

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)