STICKER

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

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.

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

sticker

(nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick (stickier).

Anagrams

• restick, rickets, tickers

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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