"stickest" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From stick (“sticky”, adjective) + -est (“superlative”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|stick|-est|nocat=1|pos1=a|t1=sticky|t2=superlative}} stick (“sticky”, adjective) + -est (“superlative”) Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} stickest
  1. (nonstandard, informal) superlative form of stick: most stick (stickiest). Tags: form-of, informal, nonstandard, superlative Form of: stick (extra: most stick (stickiest))
    Sense id: en-stickest-en-adj-mqwM0zRc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: stick + -est Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stick|est|nocat=1}} stick + -est Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} stickest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of stick Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: stick
    Sense id: en-stickest-en-verb-5fIFmduv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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