sticker
UK/ˈstɪkə//ˈstɪkɚ/
sticker noun: something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
Noun
sticker (plural stickers)
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- […] 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).1918, Decisions of the Courts of Pennsylvania (Supreme, Superior and Common Pleas), in Workmen's Compensation Cases, page 158
- 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.1982, Fernando Alegria, Fernando Alegría, Chilean Writers in Exile: Eight Short Novels
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]1930, The Strand Magazine, volume 80, page 321
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A price tag.
- The listed price (also sticker price).
- When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
- A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
- "That's what I call a sticker for Wagg!"1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
- 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).
- 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.
- A paster.
- A bayonet.
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).
- A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan
- To mark as the sticker price
- Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449.2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, in Toronto Star
sticker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sticker in Hindi
- स्टिकर करना
sticker in Tamil
- ஒட்டுப் படம், ஒட்டும் தாள், ஒட்டி
sticker in Marathi
- स्टिकर, स्टिकर करणे
sticker in Urdu
- اسٹیکر, سٹیکر, اسٹیکر کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- sticker in Bengali
- আঠাল বস্তু
- sticker in Telugu
- స్టిక్కర్, స్టికర్, స్టిక్కరు
- sticker in Malayalam
- സ്റ്റിക്കർ, സ്റ്റിക്കർ ചെയ്യുക
- sticker in Kannada
- ಸ್ಟಿಕ್ಕರ್, ಸ್ಟಿಕರ್, ಸ್ಟಿಕ್ಕರ್ಗೆ
- sticker in Gujarati
- સ્ટીકર, સ્ટિકર, સ્ટીકર કરવા માટે
- sticker in Odia
- ଷ୍ଟିକର, ସ୍ଟିକର, ଷ୍ଟିକର କରିବା
- sticker in Nepali
- स्टीकर, स्टिकर गर्न
- sticker in Arabic
- مُلْصَق mulṣaq
- sticker in Malay
- pelekat, stiker
- sticker in Persian
- برچسب barčasb, عَکس بَرگَردان, لیبل leybal
- sticker in Thai
- รูปลอก rûup-lɔ̂ɔk, สติกเกอร์ sà-dtík-gə̂ə
- sticker in Vietnamese
- nhãn
- sticker in Myanmar
- စတစ်ကာ ca.tacka
Examples of sticker in a sentence
- When the prickly pear stickers pierced their paws they howled with pain, but they kept running.2010, Valerie Estelle Frankel, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend, McFarland, →ISBN, page 212:
- He toppled backward, landing on a particularly large cholla and crying out as hundreds of stickers pierced his flesh.2013, Cathy McDavid, Cowboy for Keeps, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 118:
Forms of sticker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stickers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stickers |
| present participle | stickering |
| past participle | stickered |
| past | stickered |
Origin of sticker
From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).
Words formed from sticker
Phrases with sticker
Words that rhyme with sticker
Questions about sticker
- What does sticker mean?
- Sticker means something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- What is sticker in Hindi?
- Sticker in Hindi is स्टिकर करना. See Sticker meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sticker in a sentence?
- When the prickly pear stickers pierced their paws they howled with pain, but they kept running.
- What part of speech is sticker?
- Sticker can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sticker?
- Sticker is pronounced /ˈstɪkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sticker?
- The plural of sticker is stickers.
Words near sticker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sticker (page history and authors); sticker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sticker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sticker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sticker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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