Sentence examples for give stick from inspiring English sources
verb
Abuse, insult, or denigrate.
Boreham Wood claimed they had undertaken a "thorough internal investigation" of the incident, saying: "Having been goaded by the Carlisle players, when Carlisle Utd scored there (sic) winner and we all accept if you give stick out you also have to take it.
Not Noel Maxam, an Emmy-award-winning producer, director and writer who more recently leapt into the world of modular construction with Emagispace, a company that's looking to give stick-frame construction the brush.
He was giving stick back, too.
'We were given stick for almost everything we did - for changing the music, for making a double album (London Calling), a triple album (Sandinista), and for just being successful.
Gavin still gives stick 'n' pokes to people, but he doesn't work as a full-time tattoo artist.
– Male, age 14, white, no religion given "Stick you [sic] finger in an electric socket.
What happened to Ms Townley was that she was given sticking plasters to cover gaping wounds.
And even though consumerism is the rule of the day, maybe some of the rhetoric about kindness and giving sticks.
Won none... and they used to give you stick.
They give me stick still and say that we're still not close to them.
"But when they give me stick I take it in, wrap it up and give it back".
