sticky adj

1 having the properties of glue [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous]

2 moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

3 hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather" [syn: muggy, steamy]

4 hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward, embarrassing, unenviable]

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -ɪki

Adjective

1. Able or likely to stick.

   Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?

2. Potentially difficult to escape from.

   This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.

3. (GUI design) Persistent across multiple incarnations of a widget.

   We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.

4. computing of a window Appearing on all virtual desktops.
5. 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.

Derived terms

• stickily
• stickiness
• sticky-backed plastic
• sticky bit
• sticky fingers
• sticky wicket
• sticky note

Noun

1. A sticky note, such as a Post-It.

   Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.

2. A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.

Verb

1. In the context of "internet|bulletin boards": to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

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 note
• Sticky (economics)
• Sticky (comics)
• Sticky content on the Web attracts visitors to return to the site and/or spend long periods of time on the same site.
• Sticky windows, in computing, refers to making a window visible on all virtual desktops
• see also: Sticky bit, Sticky keys

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