sticker

English

Wikipedia

A sticker on an apple.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)

Noun

sticker (plural stickers)

1. something that sticks
2. an adhesive label or decal
3. a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records
4. a price tag
5. the listed price (also sticker price)

   When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.

6. (informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing
7. a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker')

Derived terms

• stickery

Translations

something that sticks

Catalan: enganxina (ca) f.

Estonian: kleepuv (et)

adhesive label or decal

Catalan: adhesiu (ca) m., enganxina (ca) f. Czech: nálepka (cs) f. Estonian: kleeps (et) Finnish: tarra (fi)

French: autocollant (fr) German: Aufkleber (de) m., Sticker (de) m. Spanish: etiqueta adhesiva (es), adhesivo (es) m., calcomanía (es), pegatina (es) f., etiqueta (es) f.

brand, label, or company

price tag

Estonian: hinnasilt (et)

Finnish: hintalappu (fi)

wooden strip

French: baguette (fr)

References

• sticker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sticker in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “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)

1. To apply one or more stickers to (something)
2. To mark as the sticker price
   • 2009 Februaryruary 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, Toronto Star:

     Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449.

Anagrams

• rickets
• tickers

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Swedish

Verb

sticker

1. present tense of sticka.