stuck on

stuck on (not comparable)

(slang, idiomatic, of a person) Infatuated with; romantically attracted to; in love with.
- 1899, Frank Norris, chapter 1, in McTeague:
  McTeague had a vague idea that Marcus Schouler was stuck on his cousin Trina. They "kept company" a good deal.
- 1914, Jack London, chapter 49, in Mutiny of the Elsinore:
  "You ain't a mush-head, you've got a girl there that's stuck on you. It's about time you think of her."
- 1960 May 9, “Sport: The Angry Whales”, in Time:
  Said Nieder: "I consider O'Brien conceited and stuck on himself."
(idiomatic) Fascinated by; enchanted by.
- 1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter IV, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part III (Stupid Faces), page 280:
  "I'm stuck on the way you sing that [Edvard] Grieg song," he declared.
(idiomatic) Puzzled or stumped by.
- 2007, Kate Morgenroth, They Did It with Love, →ISBN, page 144:
  "I'm doing today's crossword puzzle, and I'm stuck on this one clue."

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