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[ stik-er ] / ˈstɪk ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sticker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that sticks. an adhesive label. Informal. sticker price. something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one. Slang. a knife, especially one used as a weapon by a criminal. a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument. a bur, thorn, or the like. adjectiveof or relating to the sticker price of an automobile: Customers are experiencing sticker shock at the high price of new cars. Origin of stickerFirst recorded in 1575–85; stick2 + -er1 Words nearby stickerstick-at-it-ive, stickball, stick-built, stick by, stick down, sticker, sticker price, sticker shock, stick figure, stick float, stickful Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stickerBored, she dropped the sticker, and another child picked it up and copied her. The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola|Sarah Crowe|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST She picked up a corner of a cyan-blue UNICEF sticker and stuck it over her mouth. The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola|Sarah Crowe|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST So, for example, Nissan this year cut the sticker price of the Leaf to $28,000—a reduction of $6,400, or 18 percent. Are We at the Electric Car’s Tipping Point?|Daniel Gross|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST He makes a point of picking at a "Kony 2012" sticker on a pole. Riding Along With a Towson University Student’s ‘White Patrol’|Caitlin Dickson|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read "I Voted." Full Text and Video of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address|Justin Green|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Mr. Mavor stated that the latter proposition was the sticker, and a great many voices said that they would never consent. 30,000 Locked Out.|James C. Beeks When the key is depressed, the sticker (a slight wooden rod) is pushed up. How it Works|Archibald Williams He's a sticker, that's wot 'e is, and it's my misfortune that 'is mother takes after 'im. At Sunwich Port, Complete|W.W. Jacobs Because Im a sticker, and never ran away like a sneak in my life, declared Andy strenuously. Airship Andy|Frank V. Webster Use cold cream jars to keep pepper, allspice, and other spices in, and label with a sticker or a piece of surgeon's plaster. Food and Health|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for sticker
nounan adhesive label, poster, or paper a person or thing that sticks a persevering or industrious person something prickly, such as a thorn, that clings to one's clothing, etc informal something that perplexes informal a knife used for stabbing or piercing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stickersinewy, gangly, lanky, slim, slender, gaunt, rangy, sparse, skinny, svelte, angular, wiry, fragile, lean, meager, delicate, small, narrow, stamp, trademark |