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Definition: Stay Put |
Stay PutVerb1. Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!""Stick around and you will learn something!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Stay PutSynonyms: stay (v), stick (v), stick around (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: move (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stay Put |
| English words defined with "stay put": stay, stick around. (references) |
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Screenplays | You stay put right here I'm going to phone the White House. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) We're knocking ourselves out looking for little a kid that doesn't have enough sense to stay put! (Space Raiders; writing credit: Howard R. Cohen) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Doonesbury. Hmm -- gettin' too late to meet Rick at the grate -- better stay put -- yup ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "stay put"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | frenoj (apply the brakes, be an obstacle to, bit, brake, check, choke up, clog, contain, control, Cork, damp, delay, detain, deter, fetter, guard, hamper, hang up, hedge in, hold, hold back, hold in, inhibit, interrupt, keep in, put back, rein, retard, set back, stem, stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zùstat na místì, ani se nehnout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ne pas bouger. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"מצא בכו ות, ל"שאר במקום (stick around). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ott marad (to stay put), ahova teszik (to stay put). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aystay utpay fique aí. (various references) оставаться верным (abide by, cleave, stick by). (various references) ostati tu gde si. (various references) quedarse en el mismo sitio. (various references) stanna (abide, coagulate, come to, come to a halt, come to rest, draw up, halt, remain, stand, stay, stay over, stop, Tarry, wait). (various references) sabit durmak (hold still), kımıldamamak (be at a standstill, hold still, keep still, lie still, not to move, sit tight, stand still). (various references) завмерти на місці. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-s-t-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: pasty, patsy, patty, putts, putty, sputa, stupa, sutta, tasty, tauts, yaups. | |
-3 letters: past, pats, paty, pays, puts, putt, pyas, spat, spay, stat, stay, taps, tats, taus, taut, tups, tuts, upas, utas, yaps, yaup, yups. | |
-4 letters: apt, asp, att, ays, pas, pat, pay, pus, put, pya, sap, sat, sau, say, spa, spy, sty, sup. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-s-t-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: autotypes. | |
+3 letters: autotypies. | |
+4 letters: spiritualty, stipulatory. | |
+5 letters: spirituality, steatopygous. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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