Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stuck

~1 the past tense and past participle of stick1 ~2 adj 1 »FIXED« fixed in a particular position and impossible to move  (Sheila tried to open the window but it was stuck. | get stuck)  (The bus got stuck in the snow and we had to walk the rest of the way. | get sth stuck)  (Tommy got his head stuck between the railings.) 2 »DIFFICULTY« unable to do any more of something that you are working on because it is too difficult  (Can you help me with my homework Dad? I'm stuck.) 3 »SITUATION« unable to escape from an unpleasant or boring situation + in/a  (I wouldn't be able to stand being stuck in an office all day.)  (I was stuck with my aunt all afternoon.) 4 be stuck with sth to have something you do not want because you cannot get rid of it  (We're renting the house, so we're stuck with this ugly wallpaper.) 5 be stuck on sb informal to be attracted to someone  (Jane's really stuck on the new boy in her class.) 6 get stuck in BrE spoken to start doing something eagerly and with a lot of energy  (Let's get stuck in and see if we can finish this by lunchtime.) ~3 n be in stuck BrE informal to be in trouble