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stick·er
/
ˈstɪk
ər
/
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[
stik
-er
]
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noun
1.
a person or thing that
sticks
.
2.
an adhesive label.
3.
Informal.
sticker price
.
4.
something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one.
5.
Slang.
a knife, especially one used as a weapon by a criminal.
6.
a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument.
7.
a bur, thorn, or the like.
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adjective
8.
of or pertaining to the
sticker price
of an automobile:
Customers are experiencing sticker shock at the high price of new cars.
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verb (used with object)
9.
to place a sticker on.
Origin:
1575–85;
stick
2
+
-er
1
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sticker
(ˈstɪkə)
—
n
1.
an adhesive label, poster, or paper
2.
a person or thing that sticks
3.
a persevering or industrious person
4.
something prickly, such as a thorn, that clings to one's clothing, etc
5.
informal
something that perplexes
6.
informal
a knife used for stabbing or piercing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sticker
"gummed adhesive label," 1871, from
stick
(v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The
sticker
shock doesn't end with the cost of tickets, however.
Government incentives will help ease
sticker
shock for early adopters of
electric cars.
Emanuel refuses to weigh in on city
sticker
flap, protest settlement.
We all had a friendly chuckle over it, and for fixing the typo he rewarded us
with a bumper
sticker
.
Free parking is provided only to vehicles displaying a disability placard with a yellow free-parking
sticker
.
It's not the kind of thing you can put on a bumper
sticker
, either.
Behind the bar, there's a bumper
sticker
that was temporarily stapled up last spring for laughs.
It acted as a hugely successful bumper
sticker
, long before there were bumpers.
If you want the raw sequence data, and are willing to put your own labor hours into it, you can get it for a lower
sticker
price.
These costs are now dropping, he added, but
sticker
shock remains a drawback.
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