noun
Meaning 1
Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sticker
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Australian, UK: /ˈstɪkə/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈstɪkɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S T IH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
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noun
Meaning 3
An adhesive label or decal.
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noun
Meaning 4
A price tag.
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noun
Meaning 5
The listed price (also sticker price).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
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noun
Meaning 6
A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
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Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 7
A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 8
That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
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Usage: colloquial, dated
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noun
Meaning 9
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).
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noun
Meaning 10
A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 11
A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
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noun
Meaning 12
A paster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 13
A bayonet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: if not earlier
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 14
To apply one or more stickers to (something).
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verb
Meaning 15
To mark as the sticker price
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noun
Meaning 16
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dagger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: knife
Narrower terms: dirk, kirpan, kris, creese, crease, poniard, bodkin, stiletto
noun
Meaning 17
a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poser, stumper, toughie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: problem
noun
Meaning 18
an adhesive label
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gummed label, paster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: label
Narrower terms: bookplate, ex libris
noun
Meaning 19
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, spikelet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aculeus
Narrower terms: glochidium, glochid
History
Etymology
From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: шип (šip) — something that sticks
- Bulgarian: боди́л (bodíl) — something that sticks
- Catalan: adhesiu — something that sticks
- Catalan: enganxina — something that sticks
- Dutch: klever — something that sticks
- Estonian: kleepuv — something that sticks
- German: Klette — something that sticks
- Italian: adesivo — something that sticks
- Malay: pelekat — something that sticks
- Polish: kleiwo — something that sticks
- Polish: klej — something that sticks
- Portuguese: adesivo — something that sticks
- Russian: колю́чка (koljúčka) — something that sticks
- Arabic: مُلْصَق (mulṣaq) — adhesive label or decal
- Armenian: պիտակ (pitak) — adhesive label or decal
- Azerbaijani: yapışdırma — adhesive label or decal
- Basque: eranskailu — adhesive label or decal
- Belarusian: нале́пка (naljépka) — adhesive label or decal
- Belarusian: этыке́тка (etykjétka) — adhesive label or decal
- Bulgarian: лепе́нка (lepénka) — adhesive label or decal
- Bulgarian: етике́т (etikét) — adhesive label or decal
- Bulgarian: сти́кер (stíker) — adhesive label or decal
- Burmese: စတစ်ကာ (ca.tacka) — adhesive label or decal
- Catalan: adhesiu — adhesive label or decal
- Catalan: enganxina — adhesive label or decal
- Chinese Mandarin: 貼紙 /贴纸 (tiēzhǐ) — adhesive label or decal
- Czech: nálepka — adhesive label or decal
- Czech: samolepka — adhesive label or decal
- Danish: klistermærke — adhesive label or decal
- Dutch: sticker — adhesive label or decal
- Dutch: klever — adhesive label or decal
- Esperanto: glumarko — adhesive label or decal
- Estonian: kleeps — adhesive label or decal
- Finnish: tarra — adhesive label or decal
- French: autocollant — adhesive label or decal
- Georgian: სტიკერი (sṭiḳeri) — adhesive label or decal
- German: Aufkleber — adhesive label or decal
- German: Sticker — adhesive label or decal
- German: Pickerl — adhesive label or decal
- German: Etikett — adhesive label or decal
- German: Etikette — adhesive label or decal
- Greek: αυτοκόλλητο (aftokóllito) — adhesive label or decal
- Hebrew: מַדְבֵּקָה — adhesive label or decal
- Hungarian: matrica — adhesive label or decal
- Icelandic: merkimiði — adhesive label or decal
- Italian: autoadesivo — adhesive label or decal
- Italian: adesivo — adhesive label or decal
- Italian: sticker — adhesive label or decal
- Japanese: ステッカー (sutekkā) — adhesive label or decal
- Japanese: ラベル (raberu) — adhesive label or decal
- Japanese: シール (sīru) — adhesive label or decal
- Kazakh: тамға (tamğa) — adhesive label or decal
- Kazakh: ентаңба (entañba) — adhesive label or decal
- Khmer: ស្ទីគ័រ (stiikɔə) — adhesive label or decal
- Korean: 스티커 (seutikeo) — adhesive label or decal
- Korean: 라벨 (rabel) — adhesive label or decal
- Kyrgyz: наклейка (nakleyka) — adhesive label or decal
- Latvian: uzlīme — adhesive label or decal
- Lithuanian: lipdukas — adhesive label or decal
- Macedonian: налепница (nalepnica) — adhesive label or decal
- Malay: pelekat — adhesive label or decal
- Malay: stiker — adhesive label or decal
- Norman: stiqueur — adhesive label or decal
- Norwegian Bokmål: klistremerke — adhesive label or decal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klistremerke — adhesive label or decal
- Persian: برچسب (barčasb) — adhesive label or decal
- Persian: عَکس بَرگَردان — adhesive label or decal
- Persian: لیبل (leybal) — adhesive label or decal
- Polish: naklejka — adhesive label or decal
- Polish: nalepka — adhesive label or decal
- Portuguese: adesivo — adhesive label or decal
- Portuguese: decalque — adhesive label or decal
- Romanian: autocolant — adhesive label or decal
- Russian: накле́йка (nakléjka) — adhesive label or decal
- Russian: этике́тка (etikétka) — adhesive label or decal
- Russian: сти́кер (stíker) — adhesive label or decal
- Serbo-Croatian: налепница — adhesive label or decal
- Serbo-Croatian: етике́та — adhesive label or decal
- Serbo-Croatian: nalepnica — adhesive label or decal
- Serbo-Croatian: etikéta — adhesive label or decal
- Slovak: samolepka — adhesive label or decal
- Slovene: nalepka — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: etiqueta adhesiva — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: adhesivo — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: calcomanía — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: pegatina — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: etiqueta — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: oblea — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: estíquer — adhesive label or decal
- Spanish: sticker — adhesive label or decal
- Swedish: etikett — adhesive label or decal
- Swedish: klistermärke — adhesive label or decal
- Swedish: dekal — adhesive label or decal
- Tajik: тамға-коғаз (tamġa-koġaz) — adhesive label or decal
- Thai: รูปลอก (rûup-lɔ̂ɔk) — adhesive label or decal
- Thai: สติกเกอร์ (sà-dtík-gə̂ə) — adhesive label or decal
- Turkish: etiket — adhesive label or decal
- Turkish: sticker — adhesive label or decal
- Ukrainian: накле́йка (nakléjka) — adhesive label or decal
- Ukrainian: на́клейка (náklejka) — adhesive label or decal
- Ukrainian: на́ліпка (nálipka) — adhesive label or decal
- Ukrainian: етике́тка (etykétka) — adhesive label or decal
- Vietnamese: nhãn — adhesive label or decal
- Welsh: gludyn — adhesive label or decal
- Yiddish: קלעפּצעטל (kleptsetl) — adhesive label or decal
- Yiddish: עטיקעטל (etiketl) — adhesive label or decal
- Yiddish: עטיקעטקע (etiketke) — adhesive label or decal
- Bulgarian: сти́кер (stíker) — brand, label, or company
- German: Plattenfirma — brand, label, or company
- German: Label — brand, label, or company
- Italian: etichetta — brand, label, or company
- French: baguette — wooden strip
- German: Abstandshalter — wooden strip
- German: Abstandsstab — wooden strip
- German: Leiste — wooden strip
- German: Zwischenleiste — wooden strip
- German: Lagerleiste — wooden strip
Real reading context