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Stuck

Stuck is the irregular tense and of the stick, denoting fixation, , or , as in an object fastened firmly or a person halted in motion. As an adjective, it describes a condition of being jammed, trapped, or impeded, such as wheels stuck in mud or progress stuck due to obstacles. The term derives from the verb stician, meaning "to pierce" or "to remain fixed," rooted in Proto-Germanic stikkan and akin to concepts of thrusting or embedding. Its irregular conjugation—eschewing the regular -ed ending—reflects historical strong verb patterns in , where vowel shifts mark tense changes. Common usages extend to idioms like get stuck in for enthusiastic engagement or stuck with for unavoidable burdens, underscoring its versatility in expressing constraint or reluctance.

Film and Television

Films

Stuck (2007) is an American written and directed by . The plot centers on a employee, portrayed by , who strikes a homeless man, played by , with her car; the victim becomes lodged in her windshield, prompting her futile efforts to conceal the crime as he fights for survival. The story draws from the 2001 real-life case of Chante Mallard, a nurse's aide in , who hit Gregory Biggs, left him embedded in her windshield overnight in her garage, and was later convicted of murder, receiving a 50-year sentence. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2007, and received a in the United States on May 30, 2008. #Stuck (2014), also known as The Morning After, is an American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Acher. It follows a man () and woman () immobilized in gridlock following a , as they revisit the previous evening through nonlinear flashbacks amid escalating awkwardness. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was released theatrically on October 10, 2014. Stuck (2019) is an American musical drama directed and written by Michael Berry. Set on a stalled train, it depicts six diverse commuters—including characters played by , , and —who overcome social divides through improvised songs and personal revelations. Production emphasized original to underscore themes of interconnection; the film received a nationwide theatrical rollout on April 19, 2019.

Television Episodes and Series

Stuck is the title of a 2022 British sitcom created and written by Dylan Moran, starring Moran as Dan and Morgana Robinson as Carla. The series, which aired on BBC Two, centers on the couple's strained relationship amid Dan's job loss and the reappearance of Carla's ex-girlfriend, presented in a surreal take on romantic comedy tropes with them figuratively and literally confined in their flat. It comprises one season of five short episodes, each running 13-15 minutes, and holds an IMDb user rating of 6.0 out of 10 based on over 400 votes, with critics noting strong acting but critiquing the limited humor and depth due to the format. A separate American reality series titled Stuck, produced by TLC, documents emergency medical procedures to remove foreign objects lodged in patients' orifices, emphasizing bizarre and hazardous extractions by professionals. The show, which premiered around 2022, features episodic cases such as insects in ears or deeply embedded items, available on streaming platforms like and HBO Max. The 2019 web series Stuck, created for the Brat digital network and released on YouTube, follows defiant high schooler Fiona (played by Enya Umanzor) trapped in a time loop reliving the same day, drawing parallels to Groundhog Day as she confronts personal flaws and relationships to escape. Featuring a young cast including Matt Anspach and Vereena Sayed, it spans multiple episodes across seasons and earned an IMDb rating of 5.8 out of 10. Notable television episodes titled "Stuck" include the October 8, 2018, installment from season 2 of the drama 9-1-1, directed by Sarah Boyd, where first responders handle rescues of victims confined in elevators, collapsed buildings, and other tight spaces while Athena Grant weighs a career promotion. The episode, the 14th overall in the series, received an rating of 8.0 out of 10 from over 1,400 users.

Music

Songs

"Stuck" serves as the title for multiple songs across genres, often exploring themes of emotional entrapment or relational stagnation. Limp Bizkit's "Stuck", released on July 1, 1997, as the fourth track on their debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$, features nu-metal riffs with Wes Borland employing a sustain pedal in the opening bar followed by muted riffs. The track samples elements from Public Enemy's "Rebel Without a Pause" and Brand Nubian's "Slow Down". Stacie Orrico's "Stuck", issued in early 2003 as the lead single from her self-titled second studio album under Virgin Records, depicts a protagonist grappling with an unhealthy relationship out of fear of loneliness. The song reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, maintaining that peak for multiple weeks during its six-week chart run by June 2003. Norah Jones's "Stuck", appearing on her fourth album released November 17, 2009, via , incorporates midtempo psych-rock elements with Jones on electric guitar and co-writing credits including Will Sheff of . The track was later issued as a promotional in in 2009. Thirty Seconds to Mars's "Stuck", the from their sixth album It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day released May 8, 2023, through , marked the band's first new material in five years and debuted at number one on the Mediabase alternative radio chart after ascending from number two. It also achieved top-ten status on Italy's airplay chart, representing the fastest climb for the band in that market.

Albums and Other Releases

"Stuck" is the title of multiple albums and extended plays in various genres. The American band released Stuck as their third studio album on July 29, 2014, via . Produced by , the album features 11 tracks, including "Dog on a Leash" and "Save the World," emphasizing aggressive riffs and vocal intensity characteristic of the band's style. Puddle of Mudd issued Stuck as their debut EP on August 27, 1994, independently after winning a local battle-of-the-bands contest that provided recording opportunities. The seven-track release, including "Drift & Die" and "Used," showcases early post-grunge demos that foreshadowed the band's later commercial success with polished versions on subsequent albums. Lost Ox, an instrumental ensemble, put out Stuck as their third full-length album (marketed as an EP in some formats) on September 23, 2022, via Dutch Records. Recorded in Portland, Oregon, amid COVID-19 restrictions, it blends funk, blues, and psychedelia across six extended tracks like "Alive She Cried" (over 12 minutes) and "Stuck" itself, reflecting improvisational jamming. J. Michael Graham debuted his first full-length album, Stuck, on December 28, 2024, as a singer-songwriter effort rooted in acoustic folk rock. The release includes originals such as "Live and Learn" and "Stuck in a House," drawing from personal narratives and performed live in Rhode Island venues prior to the album drop. Nickelus F released Stuck on May 11, 2018, an introspective hip-hop album with 14 tracks produced in a DIY style, addressing personal and societal themes through abstract flows on songs like "PSA" and "Sleazie Wonder."

People

Individuals with the Surname Stuck

(February 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928) was a Symbolist painter, sculptor, engraver, and renowned for his mythological and allegorical works featuring nudes and classical themes. He co-founded the Munich Secession in 1892, promoting art against academic conservatism, and received numerous honors including as "von Stuck" in 1906 and professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in . His Villa Stuck in , built in 1897–1898, exemplifies architecture and now serves as a museum housing his collection. Hudson Stuck (November 4, 1863 – October 10, 1920) was a British-born American priest, missionary, and explorer who served as of the and advocate for Alaskan . He led the first recorded ascent of (then Mount McKinley) on June 7, 1913, with , Harry Karstens, and Robert Tatum, reaching the summit after a challenging expedition from the north. Stuck documented the climb in his 1914 book The Ascent of Denali, emphasizing the mountain's grandeur and criticizing commercial exploitation of Alaska. Hans Stuck (December 27, 1900 – February 9, 1978) was a German racing driver active in the 1920s–1950s, competing in events and hillclimbs with marques like and . He achieved victories including the 1927 Eifelrennen and participated in German racing scene under Nazi sponsorship. Hans-Joachim Stuck (born January 1, 1951), son of , is a German professional racing driver with a career spanning (1974–1979, two podiums), sports cars, and endurance racing. He won the in 1987 with alongside Derek Bell and Al Holbert, secured multiple (DTM) titles, and later served as a ambassador for . At age 70 in 2021, he competed in the debut.

Other Uses

Technical and Scientific Terms

In digital circuit design and testing, the model represents a logical of defects, where a net or node in a combinational or sequential is hypothesized to be permanently fixed at a constant logic value—either stuck-at-0 (always reading as low regardless of input) or stuck-at-1 (always reading as high). This model facilitates fault simulation and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) by simulating how such faults propagate through the to observable outputs, enabling the development of test vectors that detect potential defects with high coverage rates, often exceeding 90% for many VLSI chips. The stuck-at model originated in the 1960s as part of early fault-tolerant computing research and remains foundational in integrated circuit verification, despite not directly mapping to physical phenomena like shorts to ground (which might cause stuck-at-0) or power (stuck-at-1); instead, it encompasses a broader class of defects including opens, bridging faults, and transistor stuck-on/off states through logical equivalence. Fault collapsing techniques exploit dominance and equivalence properties—for instance, a stuck-at-0 fault at a gate output dominates input faults of the same polarity—to reduce the total fault set from potentially millions to thousands, streamlining ATPG computation time from exponential to polynomial in many cases. While effective for stuck-at coverage, the model has limitations in detecting timing-related defects or multiple simultaneous faults, prompting approaches with delay fault or bridging models in nanometer-scale designs where variations increase non-stuck-at error rates. Empirical studies on circuits show that stuck-at tests detect over 80% of actual failures, validating its pragmatic utility despite abstract nature. In , "stuck" describes frictional or adhesive immobilization, as in stuck pipe incidents during oil and gas drilling, where drill strings bind axially or torsionally due to differential pressure sticking (mud cake sealing pores, creating pressure imbalance) or mechanical jamming, occurring in approximately 20-30% of wells and costing billions annually in . Mitigation involves monitoring, lubricants, and spot fluids like oil-based pills to reduce differential sticking risks, with statistical models predicting incidence based on stability and mud properties. In and , stuck fermentation refers to arrested yeast activity in ethanol production, where sugar-to-alcohol conversion halts prematurely (e.g., residual glucose >2% w/v), often due to osmotic stress, nutrient depletion, or toxic byproducts like exceeding 12-15% v/v, impacting breweries and industries with yield losses up to 20%. Restart protocols include yeast re-inoculation or temperature adjustments, grounded in metabolic showing inhibition thresholds at <3.5 or temperatures >30°C for strains.

Conceptual and Idiomatic Uses

"Stuck" serves as an in idiomatic English to denote a state of immobility or inability to advance, often applied metaphorically to situations beyond physical fixation, such as mental blocks or entrenched habits. This usage extends to phrases like "get stuck," where it indicates halting progress due to difficulty, as in problem-solving or tasks requiring continuation. Similarly, "stuck on" can mean infatuated or obsessively focused, reflecting emotional . Common idioms incorporating "stuck" include "stuck in a rut," describing repetitive, unfulfilling routines that resist change, akin to a in a groove. "Stuck-up" characterizes pretentious arrogance, implying self-elevation to an inaccessible position. "Get stuck in" conveys enthusiastic immersion in an activity, originating from informal usage for vigorous engagement. Another variant, "stuck with," signifies being burdened with an undesirable or item, as when one cannot divest responsibility. Conceptually, "stuck" metaphorically embodies stalled motion in life's or , drawing from experiential knowledge of physical obstruction to represent psychological or relational , as analyzed in where immobility schemas structure abstract thought. For instance, expressions like "we're stuck" evoke entrapment in or , paralleling halted . In narratives, it signifies perceptual fixation preventing , underscoring causal links between rigid and emotional stagnation. These uses highlight "stuck" as a versatile descriptor of resistance to flux, grounded in embodied human encounters with and .

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