sticker

UK /ˈstɪkə/ US /ˈstɪkə/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).

[…] and I said to Mr. McCauley, whatever is the matter with your neck, it is all swelled up, and he said he got it in the mill; he said he had an arm load of wool and a sticker stuck him in the neck, here (indicating the right hand side of the neck just below the jaw).

The prisoner fell flat on his face. They dragged him again, this time towards the grove of calafates. They lifted him up there and they threw him in the middle of the bushes. The boy screamed. Thousands of stickers pierced into his flesh.

2

One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.

He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]

3

An adhesive label or decal.

4

A price tag.

5

The listed price (also sticker price).

When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.

verb

1

To apply one or more stickers to (something).

A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.

2

To mark as the sticker price

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

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