sticky
See also: Sticky
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)
- Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
- Potentially difficult to escape from.
- This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
- 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:
- Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
- Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- a sticky price; sticky wages
- (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
- We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
- (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
- (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
- (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
- A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not sticky: 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
SynonymsEdit
- (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
- (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy
Derived termsEdit
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticky-backed plastic
- sticky bit
- sticky fingers
- sticky note
- sticky tape
- sticky wicket
TranslationsEdit
able or likely to stick
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potentially difficult to escape from
persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget
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appearing on all virtual desktops
of weather
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See alsoEdit
NounEdit
sticky (plural stickies)
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
- Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
- (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
- (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
- (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
TranslationsEdit
sticky note, such as a Post-It — See also translations at sticky note
small adhesive particle found in wastepaper
VerbEdit
sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)
- (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
TranslationsEdit
to fix a thread at the top of the list
ReferencesEdit
- sticky at OneLook Dictionary Search