sticky fingers
An inclination to steal.
You'd better lock up your belongings before handing your keys to a valet; some of them have sticky fingers.
sticky
/ˈstɪki/
noun 6adj 5verb 1
Collocations
6(adj.)
VERBS
be, feel | become, go
ADV
horribly, really, very
The kitchen floor was really sticky after the children spilled juice everywhere.
all
The jam spilled on the kitchen counter and made everything all sticky.
a bit, rather, slightly
My hands felt a bit sticky after eating the caramel popcorn.
PREP
with
The kitchen floor was sticky with spilled juice from the children's breakfast.
Definitions
adj
1
Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
Particularly sticky books are cleaned with methylated spirits.
2
Difficult, awkward.
This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
GCN is not just another clipboard of polite press releases. GCN is the sticky questions, the sweet moments, and the dirty stories that make up our lives.
3
Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end. If it happens this time, it won't be dull.
4
Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.
5
Mawkish, sentimental.
Love you and miss you and wish you all the sticky things one wishes at this season for someone one loves.
noun
1
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
2
A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
3
A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
4
A sweet dessert wine.
5
Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
We'd smoked some nice sticky that night and fucked with some Erk and Jerk too, so my head was still cloudy when Pimp came in the room and said get up.
Still smoking sticky, it ain't no other option / Not for made niggas, and I'm never stopping
verb
1
to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
come to a sticky end
To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
Newbery in England and Isaiah Thomas in the U.S.A. insisted that their books for children were of a high moral tone. Children had to be good in order to escape from hell, and most
meet a sticky end
To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
Example Bank
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Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
Wiktionary02
Particularly sticky books are cleaned with methylated spirits.
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This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
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Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
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We'd smoked some nice sticky that night and fucked with some Erk and Jerk too, so my head was still cloudy when Pimp came in the room and said get up.
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Still smoking sticky, it ain't no other option / Not for made niggas, and I'm never stopping
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, sticky is marked as slang, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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