be stuck for something Definition

stuck
adj

1. Unable to give an answer, reason, etc.

Thesaurus: perplexed, puzzled, baffled, stumped, stymied, nonplussed.
2. Unable to move.

Thesaurus: fast, fastened, cemented, tight, fixed, glued; Antonym: loose.

verb

1. Past tense, past participle of stick².

Idiom: be stuck for something

colloq
To be in need of it or at a loss for it.

Idiom: be stuck with someone

To be unable to get rid of them.
Example: I was stuck with that neurotic Harry all night

Idiom: be stuck with something (get etc stuck with something)

To be unable to get anyone else to do it.
Example: I was stuck with the washing-up

Idiom: get stuck in

slang
To set about an activity with energy or aggression.

Idiom: stuck on someone

colloq
Fond of or infatuated with them.