sticker

[stik-er]

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noun

a person or thing that sticks.

an adhesive label.

Informal. sticker price.

something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one.

Slang. a knife, especially one used as a weapon by a criminal.

a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument.

a bur, thorn, or the like.

adjective

of or relating to the sticker price of an automobile: Customers are experiencing sticker shock at the high price of new cars.

verb (used with object)

to place a sticker on.

Origin of sticker

First recorded in 1575–85; stick² + -er¹

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Related Words for stickering

stamp, characterize, tag, identify, specify, define, classify, designate, fix, reduce, value, cost, estimate, appraise, tally, call, name, class, sticker, evaluate

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Contemporary Examples of stickering

I joke that I started as a kid revising the encyclopedia by stickering the one my mother bought.
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Walter Isaacson
October 19, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for stickering

sticker

noun

an adhesive label, poster, or paper

a person or thing that sticks

a persevering or industrious person

something prickly, such as a thorn, that clings to one's clothing, etc

informal something that perplexes

informal a knife used for stabbing or piercing

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Word Origin and History for stickering

sticker

"gummed adhesive label," 1871, from stick (v.).