dagger, sticker
(noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
poser, stumper, toughie, sticker
(noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
(noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sticker (plural stickers)
Something or someone that sticks.
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 (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.
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
sticker
(nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick (stickier).
• restick, rickets, tickers
Source: Wiktionary
Stick"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
2. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses. [Colloq.] Tackeray.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
4. Same as Paster, 2. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
