Sticker

Definitions

1. Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
2. One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
3. An adhesive label or decal.
4. A price tag.
5. The listed price (also sticker price).
   broadly
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.
   Internet
7. A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
   informal
8. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
   colloquial, dated
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).
10. A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
11. A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
12. A paster.
    US
13. A bayonet.
    slang

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةاللاصقةملصق

Беларускаяналепкаэтыке́тка

Българскибоди́л

Bosanskimatrica

Catalàadhesiuenganxina

Češtinabodlonálepkaotravasamolepka+ 1 more

Ελληνικάαυτοκόλλητοβδέλλαχαρτάκι

Esperantoglumarko

Eestikleeps

Euskaraeranskailu

فارسیبرچسب

Suomihintalapputarra

עבריתמדבקה

Hrvatskimatrica

Magyarmatrica

Հայերենպիտակ

Íslenskamerkimiði

Italianoadesivoautoadesivoetichettasticker+ 1 more

日本語シールステッカーラベル張り紙+ 1 more

ქართულისტიკერი

한국어라벨스티커

Kurdîetîket

Lietuviųlipdùkas

Македонскиналепница

Bahasa Melayupelekat

မြန်မာစတစ်ကာ

Nederlandskleversticker

Polskiczepklejnaklejkanalepkarzep+ 2 more

Portuguêsadesivodecalque

Românăautocolant

Русскийколючканаклейкасти́керэтикетка+ 1 more

Slovenčinasamolepka

Српскиmatrica

Svenskadekaletikettklistermärke

ไทยรูปลอกสติกเกอร์

Türkçeetiket

Українськаетике́тканаклейка

Tiếng Việtnhạn

Examples

“[…] 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).”

“The prisoner fell flat on his face⟳. They dragged him again, this time towards the grove of calafates. They lifted him up there and they threw him in the middle of the bushes. The boy screamed. Thousands of stickers pierced into his flesh.”

“When the prickly pear stickers pierced their paws they howled with pain, but they kept running. Sinopa, who hated the fighting, had followed her brothers. She shot a magic arrow over their heads, which pushed the brothers to safety, […]”

“He toppled backward, landing on a particularly large cholla and crying out as hundreds of stickers pierced his flesh.”

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

“When buying a car, know⟳ the sticker and the invoice price.”

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

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