English Explanatory Dictionary

sticky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
  2. Difficult, awkward.
  3. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
  4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
  5. Mawkish, sentimental.
  6. Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
  7. Persistent.
  8. Appearing on all virtual desktops.
  9. Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
  10. Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
  11. Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
noun
  1. A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
  2. A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
  3. A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
  4. A sweet dessert wine.
  5. Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
  6. Wax.
verb
  1. to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
noun
  1. A member of the Official Irish Republican Army.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɪki/ en-us-sticky.ogg en-au-sticky.ogg

Word forms

sticky stickier stickiest stickies stickying stickied

Etymology

From stick + -y.

Synonyms

tenacious glutinous muggy sultry claggy close

Related words

tacky

Derived words

come to a sticky end fermented sticky rice meet a sticky end nonsticky stickily stickiness stickyback sticky-backed plastic sticky-back plastic sticky bead argument sticky beak sticky-beak stickybeak sticky bit sticky bomb sticky bottle sticky bun sticky catchfly sticky currant sticky dog sticky end sticky-finger sticky finger sticky-fingered sticky fingers sticky foam sticky-icky sticky-note sticky note sticky-out sticky-outy sticky platelet syndrome sticky rice sticky rice wine sticky shed syndrome sticky situation sticky skin syndrome sticky-sweet sticky-tape sticky tape sticky toffee pudding sticky trap sticky-up sticky-uppy stickyweed sticky wicket sticky willy unsticky Vietnamese fermented sticky rice
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