Delay and Stick

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Delay

Delay verb - To move or act slowly.
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Stick and delay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stick" instead a verb "Delay".
Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Stick

Stick verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.
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Delay and stick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delay" instead a verb "Stick".
Nearby Words: sticker, sticky, sticking, stickily

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How words are described

old old delay old stick
long long delay long stick
similar similar delay similar stick
short short delay short stick
Other adjectives: light, small, actual, massive, large, huge, little, biggest.

Common collocations

couple delay couple stick couple
end delay end stick end
death delay death stick death
time delay time stick time
Other words: damage.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Tribes Uses three-shot magazines of grenades that stick to any surface and detonate after a short delay.
    Source: Video Game / Tribes
  • Sticky Bomb Hudson Hawk: short range launcher shoots rockets with time-delay fuses that stick to their targets.
    Source: Sticky Bomb
  • Just For Fun / Ponies with Pikes The grenade is activated by a pull cord at the bottom of the stick and explodes after a five second delay.
    Source: Just For Fun / Ponies with Pikes
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