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Stay Put

Definition: Stay Put

Stay Put

Verb

1. 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 Put

Synonyms: stay (v), stick (v), stick around (v). (additional references)
Antonym: move (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stay Put

English words defined with "stay put": stay, stick around. (references)

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Modern Usage: Stay Put

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stay Put

DomainTitle

Books

  • Stay Put, Robbie McAmis: A Novel (Chaparral Book) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Stay Put

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Doonesbury. Hmm -- gettin' too late to meet Rick at the grate -- better stay put -- yup ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: Stay Put

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

   

Portuguese

  

fique aí. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

оставаться верным (abide by, cleave, stick by). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ostati tu gde si. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

quedarse en el mismo sitio. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

sabit durmak (hold still), kımıldamamak (be at a standstill, hold still, keep still, lie still, not to move, sit tight, stand still). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

завмерти на місці. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Stay Put

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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