English Online Dictionary. What means sticker? What does sticker mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈstɪkə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈstɪkɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).
Noun
sticker (plural stickers)
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A price tag.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker 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.
- (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
- 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).
- (music) 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, politics) A paster.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II, if not earlier) A bayonet.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “sticker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sticker”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sticker” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
Verb
sticker (third-person singular simple present stickers, present participle stickering, simple past and past participle stickered)
- To apply one or more stickers to (something).
- To mark as the sticker price
Derived terms
- desticker
Etymology 2
From stick (“sticky”, adjective) + -er (“comparative”).
Adjective
sticker
- (nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick: more stick (stickier).
References
Anagrams
- restick, rickets, tickers
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sticker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɪ.kər/
- Rhymes: -ɪkər
- Hyphenation: stic‧ker
Noun
sticker m (plural stickers, diminutive stickertje n)
- sticker (adhesive decal)
- Synonym: plakplaatje
Derived terms
- bumpersticker
- prijssticker
- stickeralbum
- stickerboek
- stickervel
- waarschuwingssticker
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtikɐ/
Adverb
sticker
- about, approximately
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtikeɾ/ [esˈt̪i.keɾ]
- Rhymes: -ikeɾ
Noun
sticker m (plural stickers or sticker)
- sticker
Swedish
Verb
sticker
- present indicative of sticka