stuck

adjective
/stʌk/

Unable to move.

Example

“Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.”

Other meanings

Unable to progress with a task.
“I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.”
No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
“There are several ways to close a stuck program.”

Example sentences

“I had a feather stuck in my windpipe.”
Tatoeba · helloroto · CC0
“There's a squirrel stuck in the bird feeder.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“The driver claimed his gas pedal got stuck.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stuck” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.