sticker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (California) audio
- /ˈstɪkɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈstɪkə/ (Australia, UK)
Etymology
From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).
Meanings
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Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
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, […]
2010, Valerie Estelle Frankel, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend, McFarland, →ISBN, page 212: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: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:[…] 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:
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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.
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(broadly) The listed price (also sticker price).
When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
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(colloquial, dated) 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.
- (US) A paster.
- (qualifier:if not earlier, slang) A bayonet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stickers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pigsticker · sticker shock · pig sticker · Tipper sticker · frog sticker · car-sticker · sticker book · stickerless · billsticker · bumper sticker · stickery · resticker · sticker-shocked · bill sticker · potsticker · brown sticker · stickermania · stickerer · beetle-sticker · sticker-up · sticker grass · toadsticker
Descendants
Translations (117)
fa برچسب (adhesive label or decal) · hy պիտակ (adhesive label or decal) · is merkimiði (adhesive label or decal) · de Leiste (wooden strip) · bg сти́кер (adhesive label or decal) · ca adhesiu (adhesive label or decal) · ja シール (adhesive label or decal) · lv uzlīme (adhesive label or decal) · ru этике́тка (adhesive label or decal) · ja ステッカー (adhesive label or decal) · yi קלעפּצעטל (adhesive label or decal) · th สติกเกอร์ (adhesive label or decal) · ro autocolant (adhesive label or decal) · fr autocollant (adhesive label or decal) · lt lipdukas (adhesive label or decal) · da klistermærke (adhesive label or decal) · uk на́ліпка (adhesive label or decal) · ms pelekat (something that sticks) · bg етике́т (adhesive label or decal) · es etiqueta adhesiva (adhesive label or decal) · fr baguette (wooden strip) · el αυτοκόλλητο (adhesive label or decal) · ms pelekat (adhesive label or decal) · eu eranskailu (adhesive label or decal) · de Zwischenleiste (wooden strip) · sk samolepka (adhesive label or decal) · sv etikett (adhesive label or decal) · cmn 貼紙 /贴纸 (adhesive label or decal) · hu matrica (adhesive label or decal) · ky наклейка (adhesive label or decal) · yi עטיקעטל (adhesive label or decal) · kk тамға (adhesive label or decal) · sv dekal (adhesive label or decal) · uk етике́тка (adhesive label or decal) · es etiqueta (adhesive label or decal) · pt decalque (adhesive label or decal) · it adesivo (adhesive label or decal) · ca enganxina (adhesive label or decal) · de Label (brand, label, or company) · de Etikett (adhesive label or decal) · tr sticker (adhesive label or decal) · vi nhãn (adhesive label or decal) · it sticker (adhesive label or decal) · nb klistremerke (adhesive label or decal) · ko 라벨 (adhesive label or decal) · pl kleiwo (something that sticks) · nrf stiqueur (adhesive label or decal) · ja ラベル (adhesive label or decal) · ar مُلْصَق (adhesive label or decal) · nl klever (adhesive label or decal) · sh етике́та (adhesive label or decal) · bg сти́кер (brand, label, or company) · yi עטיקעטקע (adhesive label or decal) · th รูปลอก (adhesive label or decal) · it autoadesivo (adhesive label or decal) · nn klistremerke (adhesive label or decal) · es sticker (adhesive label or decal) · bg лепе́нка (adhesive label or decal) · ka სტიკერი (adhesive label or decal) · kk ентаңба (adhesive label or decal) · bg шип (something that sticks) · de Klette (something that sticks) · pl naklejka (adhesive label or decal) · de Abstandshalter (wooden strip) · ca enganxina (something that sticks) · it adesivo (something that sticks) · de Sticker (adhesive label or decal) · ca adhesiu (something that sticks) · de Abstandsstab (wooden strip) · bg боди́л (something that sticks) · eo glumarko (adhesive label or decal) · ru сти́кер (adhesive label or decal) · cy gludyn (adhesive label or decal) · km ស្ទីគ័រ (adhesive label or decal) · az yapışdırma (adhesive label or decal) · sh etikéta (adhesive label or decal) · ru накле́йка (adhesive label or decal) · tg тамға-коғаз (adhesive label or decal) · es estíquer (adhesive label or decal) · cs samolepka (adhesive label or decal) · nl klever (something that sticks) · pl nalepka (adhesive label or decal) · sh налепница (adhesive label or decal) · he מַדְבֵּקָה (adhesive label or decal) · es pegatina (adhesive label or decal) · pl klej (something that sticks) · sl nalepka (adhesive label or decal) · mk налепница (adhesive label or decal) · fa لیبل (adhesive label or decal) · sv klistermärke (adhesive label or decal) · ru колю́чка (something that sticks) · et kleepuv (something that sticks) · my စတစ်ကာ (adhesive label or decal) · fa عَکس بَرگَردان (adhesive label or decal) · sh nalepnica (adhesive label or decal) · es oblea (adhesive label or decal) · tr etiket (adhesive label or decal) · be этыке́тка (adhesive label or decal) · de Lagerleiste (wooden strip) · es adhesivo (adhesive label or decal) · uk накле́йка (adhesive label or decal) · ms stiker (adhesive label or decal) · cs nálepka (adhesive label or decal) · pt adesivo (adhesive label or decal) · de Plattenfirma (brand, label, or company) · de Etikette (adhesive label or decal) · de Aufkleber (adhesive label or decal) · pt adesivo (something that sticks) · nl sticker (adhesive label or decal) · es calcomanía (adhesive label or decal) · et kleeps (adhesive label or decal) · be нале́пка (adhesive label or decal) · it etichetta (brand, label, or company) · ko 스티커 (adhesive label or decal) · fi tarra (adhesive label or decal) · de Pickerl (adhesive label or decal) · uk на́клейка (adhesive label or decal)