English

A sticker on an apple.

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')
8. (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)

9. (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
10. (US, politics) A paster.

Derived terms

• stickery

Translations

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 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, in Toronto Star:

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

Etymology 2

stick ‎(“sticky”, adjective) +‎ -er ‎(“comparative”)

Adjective

sticker

1. (nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick: more stick (stickier).

   A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.

Anagrams

• rickets
• tickers

Spanish

Noun

sticker m ‎(plural stickers)

1. sticker

Swedish

Verb

sticker

1. present tense of sticka.