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- [stik-er]
- /ˈstɪk ər/
- /ˈstɪk.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stik-er]
- /ˈstɪk ər/
Definitions of sticker word
- noun sticker a person or thing that sticks. 1
- noun sticker an adhesive label. 1
- noun sticker Informal. sticker price. 1
- noun sticker something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one. 1
- noun sticker Slang. a knife, especially one used as a weapon by a criminal. 1
- noun sticker a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument. 1
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Origin of sticker
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; stick2 + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sticker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sticker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sticker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sticker
noun sticker
- accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
- acicula — a needle-shaped part, such as a spine, prickle, or crystal
- affiche — a poster or advertisement, esp one drawn by an artist, as for the opening of an exhibition
- awn — any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses, including cereals
- bookmark — A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
verb sticker
adjective sticker
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
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