English Explanatory Dictionary

sticker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
  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.
  7. A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
  8. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
  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.
verb
  1. To apply one or more stickers to (something).
  2. To mark as the sticker price

Pronunciation

/ˈstɪkə/ /ˈstɪkɚ/ en-us-sticker.ogg

Word forms

sticker stickers stickering stickered

Etymology

From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).

Derived words

beetle-sticker bill sticker billsticker brown sticker bumper sticker car-sticker pigsticker pig sticker potsticker resticker sticker book stickerer sticker grass stickerless stickermania sticker shock sticker-shocked sticker-up stickery Tipper sticker toadsticker desticker
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