sticker

Plural: stickers

Noun

• An adhesive label or decorative emblem.
• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• an adhesive label
• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
• a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
• Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
• One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
• An adhesive label or decal.
• A price tag.
• The listed price (also sticker price).
• A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
• A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
• That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
• A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
• 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.
• A paster.
• A bayonet.

Verb

• To apply one or more stickers to (something).
• To mark as the sticker price

Examples

• He earned a ’Bingo’ STICKER for playing all seven tiles on his turn in Words With Friends.
• When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.

Synonyms

dagger, gummed label, paster, poser, pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, stumper, thorn, toughie