sticky

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Synonyms: stocky, stick, stinky, sticks, stucky, sicky, shticky, ticky, stickly

Antonyms: stocky, stick, stinky, sticks, stucky, sicky, shticky, ticky, stickly

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Adjective

1. Tending to [[stick#Verb|stick]]; able to [[adhere#Verb|adhere]] via the [[drying#Noun|drying]] of a [[viscous#Adjective|viscous]] [[substance#Noun|substance]].
2. [[difficult#Adjective|Difficult]], [[awkward#Adjective|awkward]].
3. Of a death: [[unpleasant#Adjective|unpleasant]], [[grisly#Adjective|grisly]].
4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high [[humidity]], so that people feel sticky from [[sweat]]ing.
5. [[mawkish|Mawkish]], [[sentimental]].
6. {{lb|en|finance}} Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
7. {{lb|en|computing|informal|of a setting}} [[persistent|Persistent]].
8. {{lb|en|computing|of a window}} Appearing on all [[virtual desktop]]s.
9. {{lb|en|Internet|of threads on a [[bulletin board]]}} Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
10. {{lb|en|Internet|of a [[website]]}} [[compelling|Compelling]] enough to keep visitors from leaving.
11. {{lb|en|informal}} Resembling or characteristic of a [[stick]].

Noun

1. A [[sticky note]], such as a [[post-it note]].
2. {{lb|en|internet}} A [[discussion]] [[thread]] fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
3. {{lb|en|manufacturing}} A small [[adhesive]] particle found in [[wastepaper]].
4. {{lb|en|AU|colloquial}} A sweet [[dessert wine]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} [[sticky-icky|Sticky-icky]]; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang|uncountable}} {{U|wax}}. <!--Hotten's Slang Dict. 1873-->

Verb

1. {{lb|en|Internet|bulletin boards|transitive}} To fix (a discussion thread) at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

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