sticker
English

A sticker on an apple.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)
Noun
sticker (plural stickers)
- Something or someone that sticks.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A price tag.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
- When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
- A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation (also kiln sticker).
- (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
- A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
- (US, politics) A paster.
Derived terms
Translations
something that sticks
adhesive label or decal
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brand, label, or company
price tag — see price tag
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References
- sticker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sticker in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “sticker” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
Verb
sticker (third-person singular simple present stickers, present participle stickering, simple past and past participle stickered)
- To apply one or more stickers to (something)
- To mark as the sticker price
Adjective
sticker
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɪ.kər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stic‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɪkər
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtikɐ/
Swedish
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