Stuck vs. Struck

Stuck vs. Struck — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Stuck and Struck

Stuckverb

Past tense and past participle of stick.

Struckverb

Past tense and a past participle of strike.

Stuckadjective

Unable to move.

Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck.If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.

Struckadjective

Affected or shut down by a labor strike.

Stuckadjective

Unable to progress with a task.

I’m totally stuck on this question in the test.

Struckverb

simple past tense and past participle of strike

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Stuckadjective

No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

There are several ways to close a stuck program.

Struckadjective

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;

conscience-smittenawe-struck

Stucknoun

(obsolete) A thrust.

Stuckadjective

caught or fixed;

stuck in the mud

Stuckadjective

baffled;

this problem has me completely stuck