sticker: Meaning and Definition of

stick•er

Pronunciation: (stik'ur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person or thing that sticks.
  2. an adhesive label.
  3. See
  4. something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one.
  5. a knife, esp. one used as a weapon by a criminal.
  6. a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument.
  7. a bur, thorn, or the like.
—adj.
  1. of or pertaining to the sticker price of an automobile: Customers are experiencing sticker shock at the high price of new cars.
—v.t.
  1. to place a sticker on.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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