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stitch

Definition

  • noun: a piece of thread that is passed through a piece of material with a needle
  • noun: a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side
  • verb: to use a needle and thread to make or repair (something, such as a piece of clothing)
  • verb: to fasten, join, or close with or as if with 'stitches'
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: sew, distance, furrow

Examples

  • We thought that we had the game 'stitched up'. [='sewn up'; we thought we were definitely going to win the game]

  • After knitting another row she realized she had 'dropped a stitch'. [=let a loop fall off a knitting needle]

  • I 'stitched together' a novel from several stories I had written earlier.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All right, can you guys please stop talking about licking vag? - You're gonna give me a boner. - You sleep at all last night? No, if I wake up with morning wood, it'll pop my stitches. You're . How are you gonna not get wood for hours? Eyes on the prize, my brother. Yeah, which is? (..)
    2016 TvShow: Shameless Title: Swipe, Fuck, Leave Season: 7 Episode 2