sticker
Americannoun
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stickers
plural
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a person or thing that sticks.
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an adhesive label.
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Informal. sticker price.
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something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one.
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Slang. a knife, especially one used as a weapon by a criminal.
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a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument.
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a bur, thorn, or the like.
adjective
verb (used with object)
noun
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an adhesive label, poster, or paper
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a person or thing that sticks
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a persevering or industrious person
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something prickly, such as a thorn, that clings to one's clothing, etc
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informal something that perplexes
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informal a knife used for stabbing or piercing
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sticker
Explanation
A sticker is a label or a decoration with a sticky back, so it can be pasted anywhere. If you're a big fan of superheroes, you might cover your notebooks with Wonder Woman stickers. Sticker usually refers to the kitten stickers your brother sticks on his bedroom windows or the adhesive labels that you peel off your banana. Some plants also have stickers (also known as burrs, prickles, or thorns) — the kind that get stuck in your sweater after a walk in the woods. The term sticker price means the listed price for a car or some other item offered for sale.
Example Sentences
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My $1,330.13 was, in other words, the accumulated sticker price of my particular trail through the stacks.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Analysts don’t expect much better performance from the FF 91 2.0, which is available for preorder with a sticker price of $300,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A college tuition bill or student loan payment can come with sticker shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
All have roughly equivalent sticker prices, with total costs hovering near $100,000 a year, but Syracuse has dropped in a prominent national ranking seven years in a row.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Her calf tapped the a healthy smile is a happy smile bumper sticker.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
A Swedish designer, Mateusz Pozar, launched a "Ban Ray" site earlier this year, providing signs to ban smart glasses from venues and selling stickers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
A district spokesperson said they’ve had a positive start to the new year, and school officials have put “reminder tags” on e-bikes that have been parked on school property without the permit stickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Space X,” a white sheet of paper says in big letters, with two columns below to log visitors’ feelings via star and smiley-face stickers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
It stood outside a brick six-flat, also fittingly painted blue, and decorated with a few stickers: “Protect Native Plants,” a rocket ship from a regional space camp, several iridescent birds.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
But even after I’d polished them clean by rubbing them in the sand, I generally wound up with several stickers in my mouth.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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