sticky

  • 11sticky — adjective 1 SWEETS/HONEY ETC made of or covered with a substance that sticks to surfaces: Jeremy s hands were sticky with jam. | tea and sticky buns 2 sticky label/tape etc BrE a label 1 (1) etc that has glue on one side so that it sticks to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12sticky — (1) A term used by economists to describe changes in dependent variables that tend to lag behind changes in the independent variables with which they are associated. For example, time lags are known to exist between changes in prevailing interest …

    Financial and business terms

  • 13Sticky — Stickiness or the quality of being sticky can refer to several things: * the physical phenomena of adhesion and cohesion * the defining physico chemical property of glue * Sticky (economics) * Sticky (comics) * Sticky content on the Web attracts… …

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  • 14sticky — 1. mod. gooey. (Standard English.) □ This stuff sure is sticky. □ What is this sticky stuff on my shoe? Oh, no! 2. mod. chancy; awkward. □ Things began to get a little sticky, and Barlowe began to move toward the door …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 15sticky — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ become, get ▪ get sth, make sth ADVERB ▪ extremely …

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  • 16sticky — adjective (stickier; est) Date: 1731 1. a. adhesive b. (1) viscous, gluey (2) coated with a sticky substance < hands sticky with sap > 2. humid, muggy; al …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17sticky — stickily, adv. stickiness, n. /stik ee/, adj., stickier, stickiest. 1. having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive. 2. covered with adhesive or viscid matter: sticky hands. 3. (of the weather or climate) hot and humid: It was an unbearably …

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  • 18sticky — adj. Describes a Web site that encourages visitors to spend long periods of time visiting its various pages. Example Citation: Most so called top site surveys measure how many individuals visit a site....What they don t necessarily tell you is&#8230; …

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  • 19sticky — adjective 1) sticky tape Syn: (self )adhesive, gummed, self stick; technical adherent 2) sticky clay Syn: glutinous, viscous, viscid, gluey, tacky, gummy, treacly, syrupy; muc …

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  • 20sticky — adjective 1) sticky tape Syn: adhesive, self adhesive, gummed 2) sticky clay Syn: tacky, gluey, gummy, treacly, glutinous; informal gooey 3) sticky weather …

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