- carrot stick
- nouna stick of carrot eaten raw• Hypernyms: ↑crudites
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Carrot and stick — (also spelled carrot and stick ) [American Heritage Dictionary, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/C0128900.html Entry for carrot and stick ] ] is an idiom that refers to a policy of offering a reward for making progress towards benchmarks or goals… … Wikipedia
carrot and stick — Incentive and punishment, as alternative methods of persuasion • • • Main Entry: ↑carrot carrot and stick see under ↑carrot • • • Main Entry: ↑stick * * * carrot and stick phrase a mixture of promises and threats to persuade someone to do… … Useful english dictionary
carrot and stick — If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment … The small dictionary of idiomes
stick — Ⅰ. stick [1] ► NOUN 1) a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. 2) a piece of trimmed wood used for support in walking or as a weapon. 3) (in hockey, polo, etc.) a long, thin implement used to hit or direct the ball or puck.… … English terms dictionary
carrot — [kar′ət] n. [MFr carotte < L carota < Gr karōton, carrot; akin to kara, head: see HORN] 1. a biennial plant (Daucus carota) of the umbel family, with fernlike leaves and compound umbels of white flowers, usually with one red flower in the… … English World dictionary
carrot — ► NOUN 1) the tapering orange root of a plant of the parsley family, eaten as a vegetable. 2) something enticing offered as a means of persuasion: training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick. ORIGIN Greek kar ton … English terms dictionary
stick — stick1 W3S3 [stık] v past tense and past participle stuck [stʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(attach)¦ 2¦(push in)¦ 3¦(put)¦ 4¦(move part of body)¦ 5¦(difficult to move)¦ 6 stick in somebody s mind 7 make something stick 8¦(name)¦ 9 somebody c … Dictionary of contemporary English
carrot — noun 1 vegetable ADJECTIVE ▪ raw ▪ cooked, steamed ▪ baby ▪ chopped, diced (esp. BrE), grated … Collocations dictionary
carrot and stick — If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you use a carrot and stick approach, you use the promise of reward and the threat… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
carrot — /ˈkærət / (say karuht) noun 1. a plant of the umbelliferous genus Daucus, especially D. carota, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its reddish edible root. 2. the root of this plant. 3. an incentive: to… …
