sticky

== English == === Etymology === From stick + -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɪki/ Rhymes: -ɪki === Adjective === sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest) Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. Difficult, awkward. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating. Mawkish, sentimental. (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops. (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. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick. ==== Synonyms ==== (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious, glutinous; see also Thesaurus:adhesive (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tacky === Noun === sticky (countable and uncountable, plural stickies) A sticky note, such as a post-it note. (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine. (slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Wax. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied) (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. ==== Translations ==== === References === “sticky”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.