"sticky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɪki/ Audio: en-us-sticky.ogg [US], en-au-sticky.ogg [Australia] Forms: stickier [comparative], stickiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: From stick + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stick|y}} stick + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)
  1. Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. Synonyms (able or likely to adhere): claggy Translations (able or likely to stick): γλίσχρος (glískhros) (Ancient Greek), կպչուն (kpčʿun) (Armenian), pegañosu (Asturian), mapulot (Bikol Central), леплив (lepliv) (Bulgarian), enganxós (Catalan), apegalós (Catalan), pilit (Cebuano), (nián) (Chinese Mandarin), kleepuv (Estonian), tarttuva (Finnish), tahmea (Finnish), collant (French), gluant (French), poisseux (French), pegañento (Galician), pegañoso (Galician), apegadizo (Galician), stickig (German), klebrig (German), ragadós (Hungarian), ragacsos (Hungarian), tapadós (Hungarian), öntapadó (Hungarian), lengket (Indonesian), tarttuva (Ingrian), greamaitheach (Irish), vischioso (Italian), ベタベタする (betabeta suru) (Japanese), viscidus (Latin), lipīgs (Latvian), ngingita (Maori), kūpiapia (Maori), चिकट (cikaṭ) (Marathi), یاپشقان (yapışkan) (Ottoman Turkish), bakrich (Plautdietsch), lepki (Polish), grudento (Portuguese), pegajoso (Portuguese), lipicios (Romanian), ли́пкий (lípkij) (Russian), кле́йкий (kléjkij) (Russian), leanailteach (Scottish Gaelic), pegajoso (Spanish), adherente (Spanish), adherible (Spanish), klibbig (Swedish), kladdig (Swedish), kletig (Swedish), yapışkan (Turkish), липкий (lypkyj) (Ukrainian), липучий (lypučyj) (Ukrainian), dính (Vietnamese), kleböfik (Volapük), קלעפּיק (klepik) (Yiddish), קלעפּעדיק (klepedik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-khB-EHXz Disambiguation of 'able or likely to adhere': 62 7 2 3 7 4 4 1 4 6 Disambiguation of 'able or likely to stick': 51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13
  2. Difficult, awkward. Translations (potentially difficult to escape from): collant (French), kényes (Hungarian), kínos (Hungarian), bajos (Hungarian), peliagudo (Spanish), escabroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-6gAC7Wvw Disambiguation of 'potentially difficult to escape from': 1 65 1 7 5 5 3 2 11 1
  3. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-qvtbnwWk
  4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating. Synonyms (hot, windless and humid): close Translations (of weather): koukuttava (Finnish), fülledt (Hungarian), izzasztó (Hungarian), бүгчим чийгтэй (bügčim čiigtej) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠦᠭᠴᠢᠮ ᠴᠢᠭᠢᠭᠲᠡᠢ (büɣčim čigiɣtei) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), bochornoso (Spanish), klibbigt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-d62BepYT Disambiguation of 'hot, windless and humid': 5 2 6 31 16 6 19 9 5 1 Disambiguation of 'of weather': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-U4r9lBo2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 4 1 13 7 15 8 4 0 9 7 5 5 2 7 7 Topics: business, finance
  6. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Translations (persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget): predeterminado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-tuM6e6Rk Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget': 4 4 3 2 9 61 11 3 3 1
  7. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-Se2wsvOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 4 1 13 7 15 8 4 0 9 7 5 5 2 7 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 3 3 4 2 10 4 12 6 4 0 13 6 5 11 4 5 7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (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. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-6625yooF
  9. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Translations (that keeps visitors from leaving it): pegajoso (Spanish), popular (Spanish), exitoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-s7h9p7ky Disambiguation of 'that keeps visitors from leaving it': 4 3 3 7 10 7 13 8 43 1
  10. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-adj-q2qhg-mI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tenacious, adhesive, muggy, sultry Related terms: tacky

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪki/ Audio: en-us-sticky.ogg [US], en-au-sticky.ogg [Australia] Forms: stickies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: From stick + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stick|y}} stick + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sticky (countable and uncountable, plural stickies)
  1. A sticky note, such as a post-it note. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-SQ7mbCy6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 3 3 4 2 10 4 12 6 4 0 13 6 5 11 4 5 7
  2. (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-hu4r02tb
  3. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-lyV01CdY Topics: business, manufacturing
  4. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine. Tags: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-Ss6CEQ1L Categories (other): Australian English, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 3 3 4 2 10 4 12 6 4 0 13 6 5 11 4 5 7
  5. (slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-boRRYwjo
  6. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Wax. Tags: obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-noun-ubQ~i4Wi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: öntapadós cédula (Hungarian), recado adherible [masculine] (Spanish)

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɪki/ Audio: en-us-sticky.ogg [US], en-au-sticky.ogg [Australia] Forms: stickies [present, singular, third-person], stickying [participle, present], stickied [participle, past], stickied [past]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: From stick + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stick|y}} stick + -y Head templates: {{en-verb}} sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)
  1. (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. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet Translations (to fix a thread at the top of the list): fixar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-sticky-en-verb-PPF2Ox80

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "sticky rice"
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      "word": "sticky shed syndrome"
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      "word": "sticky-sweet"
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      "word": "sticky toffee pudding"
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          "text": "Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?",
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          "ref": "2016 June 5, Thomas Manch, “CuriousCity: What happens to my library books when I return them?”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 2019-05-04",
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          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "hy",
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          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "կպչուն"
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          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "pilit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nián",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "黏"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "kleepuv"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "tarttuva"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "tahmea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "collant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "gluant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "poisseux"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "pegañento"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "pegañoso"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "apegadizo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "stickig"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "klebrig"
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        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "glískhros",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "γλίσχρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "ragadós"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "ragacsos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "tapadós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "öntapadó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "lengket"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "tarttuva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "greamaitheach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "vischioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "betabeta suru",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "ベタベタする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "viscidus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "lipīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "ngingita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "kūpiapia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "cikaṭ",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "चिकट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yapışkan",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "یاپشقان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "bakrich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "lepki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "grudento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "pegajoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "lipicios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lípkij",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "ли́пкий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kléjkij",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "кле́йкий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "leanailteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "pegajoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "adherente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 8 3 3 8 5 4 1 4 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able or likely to stick",
          "word": "adherible"
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        }
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      "word": "sticky-backed plastic"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-back plastic"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky bead argument"
    },
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      "word": "sticky beak"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-beak"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky bit"
    },
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      "word": "sticky bomb"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky bottle"
    },
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      "word": "sticky bun"
    },
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      "word": "sticky catchfly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky currant"
    },
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      "word": "sticky-fingered"
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      "word": "sticky fingers"
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      "word": "sticky foam"
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    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-note"
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    {
      "word": "sticky note"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-out"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-outy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky rice"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky shed syndrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-sweet"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky toffee pudding"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-up"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-uppy"
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    {
      "word": "sticky wicket"
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          "text": "Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?",
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        }
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        "physical-sciences",
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        "Appearing on all virtual desktops."
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "What's something that is brown and sticky? A stick",
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        }
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        "Resembling or characteristic of a stick."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick."
      ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪki"
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    {
      "sense": "able or likely to adhere",
      "word": "claggy"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenacious"
    },
    {
      "word": "adhesive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hot, windless and humid",
      "word": "close"
    },
    {
      "word": "muggy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sultry"
    }
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kpčʿun",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "կպչուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pegañosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "mapulot"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lepliv",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "леплив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "enganxós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "apegalós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pilit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nián",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "黏"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "kleepuv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "tarttuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "tahmea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "collant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "gluant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "poisseux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pegañento"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pegañoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "apegadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "stickig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "klebrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "glískhros",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "γλίσχρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "ragadós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "ragacsos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "tapadós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "öntapadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "lengket"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "tarttuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "greamaitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "vischioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "betabeta suru",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "ベタベタする"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "viscidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "lipīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "ngingita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "kūpiapia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "cikaṭ",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "चिकट"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yapışkan",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "یاپشقان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "bakrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "lepki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "grudento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pegajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "lipicios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lípkij",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "ли́пкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kléjkij",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "кле́йкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "leanailteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "pegajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "adherente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "adherible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "klibbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "kladdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "kletig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "yapışkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lypkyj",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "липкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lypučyj",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "липучий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "dính"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "kleböfik"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "klepik",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "קלעפּיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "klepedik",
      "sense": "able or likely to stick",
      "word": "קלעפּעדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "collant"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "kényes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "kínos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "bajos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "peliagudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "potentially difficult to escape from",
      "word": "escabroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget",
      "word": "predeterminado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that keeps visitors from leaving it",
      "word": "pegajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that keeps visitors from leaving it",
      "word": "popular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that keeps visitors from leaving it",
      "word": "exitoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "word": "koukuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "word": "fülledt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "word": "izzasztó"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bügčim čiigtej",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бүгчим чийгтэй"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "büɣčim čigiɣtei",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠪᠦᠭᠴᠢᠮ ᠴᠢᠭᠢᠭᠲᠡᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "word": "bochornoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of weather",
      "word": "klibbigt"
    }
  ],
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    "sticky"
  ],
  "word": "sticky"
}

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        "A sticky note, such as a post-it note."
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          "discussion",
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        "(Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view."
      ],
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        "Internet",
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        "uncountable"
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        "A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper."
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        "(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper."
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      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A sweet dessert wine."
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          "dessert wine"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine."
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    },
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      "categories": [
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          "text": "Still smoking sticky, it ain't no other option / Not for made niggas, and I'm never stopping",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Jagada Chambers, Based on a True Story",
          "text": "As drunk as I was, all I could think about was getting some sticky down my lungs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds."
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        "(slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds."
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        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wax."
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        [
          "Wax",
          "wax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, slang, uncountable) Wax."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɪki/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪki"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-sticky.ogg",
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "öntapadós cédula"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recado adherible"
    }
  ],
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    "sticky"
  ],
  "word": "sticky"
}

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        "present",
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      "form": "stickied",
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      ],
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        "to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view."
      ],
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        "(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."
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fix a thread at the top of the list",
      "word": "fixar"
    }
  ],
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    "sticky"
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}
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