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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A tuition cut used to be risky because a school giving out $10,000 scholarships seemed more prestigious than one whose sticker price was $10,000 cheaper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area dealer GianMarco Taverna typically advertises discounts of 20% or more off the sticker price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Stellantis vehicles are currently discounted more than three times as deeply from their sticker price as the average car, according to car-shopping aide CarEdge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Invoice prices, which aren’t publicized, are typically a little less than the sticker price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
She looks at the price sticker and frowns.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Earlier this week, Anthropic hosted a limited giveaway of “Clawd” plushies and stickers — a reference to the pixelated crab logo featured in the Claude Code terminal tool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.”
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Flock has 120,000 cameras in 49 states that capture 20 billion license plates a month—along with dents, bumper stickers and other identifying features, reports Kris Maher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I drop Croc and Ally onto the pad of stickers in her lap and slide off Semaj’s bed.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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