Anagrams of: GEARSTICK

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• an adhesive label

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

• a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

• a loud and disturbing noise

• an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

• celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

• make loud and annoying noises

• hit (a ball) with a racket

• childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus

• a laborer who builds up a stack or pile

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

• a small portable timepiece

• a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape

• a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)

• a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

• a hand-held machine for driving staples home