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Sticker

//ˈstɪkɚ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).

    "[…] and I said to Mr. McCauley, whatever is the matter with your neck, it is all swelled up, and he said he got it in the mill; he said he had an arm load of wool and a sticker stuck him in the neck, here (indicating the right hand side of the neck just below the jaw)."

  2. 2
    a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing wordnet
  3. 3
    One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.

    "He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]"

  4. 4
    a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem wordnet
  5. 5
    An adhesive label or decal.
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  1. 6
    an adhesive label wordnet
  2. 7
    A price tag.
  3. 8
    a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf wordnet
  4. 9
    The listed price (also sticker price). broadly

    "When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price."

  5. 10
    A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image. Internet
  6. 11
    A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing. informal
  7. 12
    That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses. colloquial, dated

    ""That's what I call a sticker for Wagg!""

  8. 13
    A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
  9. 14
    A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
  10. 15
    A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
  11. 16
    A paster. US
  12. 17
    A bayonet. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply one or more stickers to (something).

    "A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space."

  2. 2
    To mark as the sticker price

    "Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).

Etymology 2

From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).

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