Usually means: Resistant to change or innovation.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word stick-in-the-mud:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. stick-in-the-mud: Merriam-Webster
  2. stick-in-the-mud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stick-in-the-mud: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stick-in-the-mud, stick-in-the-mud: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stick-in-the-mud: Vocabulary.com
  6. stick-in-the-mud: Wordnik
  7. stick-in-the-mud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. stick-in-the-mud: Wiktionary
  9. stick-in-the-mud: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. stick-in-the-mud: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. stick-in-the-mud: Dictionary.com
  12. stick-in-the-mud: Rhymezone
  13. stick-in-the-mud: FreeDictionary.org
  14. stick-in-the-mud: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. stick-in-the-mud: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Stick-in-the-mud: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. stick-in-the-mud: A Word A Day
  2. stick-in-the-mud: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stick-in-the-mud, stick-in-the-mud: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See stick-in-the-muds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Alternative spelling of stick in the mud [(idiomatic, derogatory) A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper.]

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