stickless

Lacking a handle

Without a stick, or designed to function without one.

Most often describes hockey played without sticks, as a training drill or informal game: We played stickless hockey in gym class.

Also appears in contexts where a stick is typically expected but absent: a stickless lollipop, stickless deodorant.

laconic

handleless

Having no grip portion

caneless · shaftless · unpointed · bare-handed · empty-handed · unarmed · unequipped · toolless

smooth

seamless

Without visible joins

streamlined · sleek · gliding · effortless · fluid · flowing · slippery · slick · polished · buffed

adhesion

unsticking

Separating adhered surfaces

Teflon · silicone · greased · lubricated · slidey · detached · unattached · loose · free · unfastened

Opposites
presence of stick/handle

sticklesssticked

Attached with adhesive

handled · shafted · on a stick · poled · staffed

Family

stick, sticks, sticked, sticking, sticky, stickier, stickiest, stickiness, sticker

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G