Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 55133 6823873 2009-06-19T02:00:29Z AutoFormat 32732 gender -f +|f, gender -f}}, {{t-|es|adherible|m +|f}}, {{t-|es|adherible|m|, remove multiple blank lines, sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia|dab=sticky}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{suffix|stick|y}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-sticky.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪki}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|stick|ier}} # Able or likely to [[stick]]. #: ''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.'' # {{computing|of a setting}} [[persistent|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 desktop]]s. # {{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.'' ====Translations==== {{trans-top|able or likely to stick}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|pegajoso|m}}, {{t-|es|pegajosa|f}}, {{t-|es|adherente|m|f}}, {{t-|es|adherible|m|f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|potentially difficult to escape from}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|peliagudo|m}}, {{t-|es|peliaguda|f}}, {{t-|es|escabroso|m}}, {{t-|es|escabrosa|f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|predeterminado|m}}, {{t-|es|predeterminada|f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|appearing on all virtual desktops}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|of threads on a bulletin board}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|that keeps visitors from leaving it}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|pegajoso|m}}, {{t-|es|popular|m|f}}, {{t-|es|exitoso|m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Derived terms==== * [[stickily]] * [[stickiness]] * [[sticky-backed plastic]] * [[sticky bit]] * [[sticky fingers]] * [[sticky wicket]] * [[sticky note]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun|stickies}} # A [[sticky]] [[note]], such as a [[Post-It]]. #: ''Her desk is covered with yellow '''stickies'''.'' # {{manufacturing}} A small [[adhesive]] particle found in [[wastepaper]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|sticky note, such as a Post-It}} * Spanish: [[recado]] [[adherible]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|small adhesive particle found in wastepaper}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|stickies|stickying|'''[[stickyed]]''' or '''[[stickied]]'''}}<!--note I've not been able to find any uses of the third person singular form, and present participle uses aren't common--> # {{context|internet|bulletin boards}} to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to fix a thread at the top of the list}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:sticky]] [[et:sticky]] [[fr:sticky]] [[io:sticky]] [[it:sticky]] [[hu:sticky]] [[nl:sticky]] [[oc:sticky]] [[pl:sticky]] [[ru:sticky]] [[simple:sticky]] [[fi:sticky]] [[sv:sticky]] [[ta:sticky]] [[te:sticky]] [[vi:sticky]]