sticker

[stik-er] Origin

stick·er

[stik-er]
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.
EXPAND
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.
COLLAPSE
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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Sticker is one of our favorite verbs.
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
verb (used with object)
9.
to place a sticker on.

Origin:
1575–85; stick2 + -er1
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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

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Word Origin & History

sticker
"gummed adhesive label," 1871, from stick (v.).
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