sticker

/ˈstɪkər/

/ˈstɪkə/

Other forms: stickers

A sticker is a label or a decoration with a sticky back, so it can be pasted anywhere. If you're a big fan of superheroes, you might cover your notebooks with Wonder Woman stickers.

Sticker usually refers to the kitten stickers your brother sticks on his bedroom windows or the adhesive labels that you peel off your banana. Some plants also have stickers (also known as burrs, prickles, or thorns) — the kind that get stuck in your sweater after a walk in the woods. The term sticker price means the listed price for a car or some other item offered for sale.

Definitions of sticker

1. noun

   an adhesive label
   synonyms: gummed label, paster

   types:

   bookplate, ex libris

   a label or plate in a book identifying its owner

   type of:

   label

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
2. noun

   a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
   synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, thorn

   types:

   glochid, glochidium

   a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)

   type of:

   aculeus

   a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
3. noun

   a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
   synonyms: dagger

   types:

   dirk

   a relatively long dagger with a straight blade

   kirpan

   a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times

   crease, creese, kris

   a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

   bodkin, poniard

   a dagger with a slender blade

   stiletto

   a small dagger with a tapered blade

   type of:

   knife

   a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
4. noun

   a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
   synonyms: poser, stumper, toughie

   type of:

   problem

   a question raised for consideration or solution