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Sticky

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveTending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
"Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?"
2.AdjectiveDifficult, awkward.
"This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful."
3.AdjectiveOf a death: unpleasant, grisly.
4.AdjectiveOf weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
5.AdjectiveMawkish, sentimental.
6.AdjectiveTending to stay the same; resistant to change.
"a sticky price; sticky wages"
7.AdjectivePersistent.
"We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it."
8.AdjectiveAppearing on all virtual desktops.
9.AdjectiveFixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
10.AdjectiveCompelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
"A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not sticky: 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less."
11.AdjectiveResembling or characteristic of a stick.
"What's something that is brown and sticky? A stick"
12.NounA sticky note, such as a post-it note.
"Her desk is covered with yellow stickies."
13.NounA discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
14.NounA small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
15.NounA sweet dessert wine.
16.NounSticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
17.NounWax.
18.Verbto fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
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