Object

• pin: I remember saying to Armstrong that one needed to stick pins into Maudling to get him to respond.

• finger: I'm drawn to exhibits which outrage or stick two rebellious fingers up at the snotty art establishment.

Converse of object

• shake: For someone good with leather, I'd consider Woolies who have more trim than you can shake a stick at.

• wield: Now Sheriff Chris Vaughn, he wields a huge stick fashioned from lumber mill pine.

Preposition: in

• jam: Still we all got stuck in the same traffic jam a few miles down the road.

• warp: WE APPEAR TO BE stuck in a time warp of thinking.

Adjective modifier

• analog: Pick up controller 2 and have a play with the right analog stick whilst watching the effect.

Modifies a noun

• insect: Fresh cut food for stick insects is available mail-order throughout the year.

Noun used with modifier

• incense: In the base is a compartment, with a swing door, for incense stick storage.

• cinnamon: Herbal Tea Floral - a ruby red herbal tea that blends crimson flowers with cinnamon sticks.

• pogo: For instance, in the city and dock levels you can find skateboards, pogo sticks, cars and even boats and rockets.

• hockey: McFarquhar goes on to claim that " Meanwhile the original data from which the hockey stick was derived cannot be extracted " .

• cocktail: Garnish with a cherry on a cocktail stick across the glass.

• celery: Garnish with a celery stick and a wedge of lime.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: If they stick around for a few years they will sound even better because the singers voice hasn't broken yet.