Sticker Meaning
/ˈstɪkə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomething or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
nounOne who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
Sentence Examples
Nobody I know ever paid sticker price for a car.
Dan didn't even remove the sticker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The child peeled a star-shaped ____ from the sheet and placed it on his chart.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She put a bright yellow ____ on her laptop to distinguish it from all the others in the busy office.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English stick English -er English sticker From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] and I said to Mr. McCauley, whatever is the matter with your neck, it is all swelled up, and he said he got it in the mill; he said he had an arm load of wool and a sticker stuck him in the neck, here (indicating the right hand side of the neck just below the jaw)."
— 1918, Decisions of the Courts of Pennsylvania (Supreme, Superior and Common Pleas), in Workmen's Compensation Cases, page 158:
"The prisoner fell flat on his face. They dragged him again, this time towards the grove of calafates. They lifted him up there and they threw him in the middle of the bushes. The boy screamed. Thousands of stickers pierced into his flesh."
— 1982, Fernando Alegria, Fernando Alegría, Chilean Writers in Exile: Eight Short Novels:
"When the prickly pear stickers pierced their paws they howled with pain, but they kept running. Sinopa, who hated the fighting, had followed her brothers. She shot a magic arrow over their heads, which pushed the brothers to safety, […]"
— 2010, Valerie Estelle Frankel, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend, McFarland, →ISBN, page 212:
"He toppled backward, landing on a particularly large cholla and crying out as hundreds of stickers pierced his flesh."
— 2013, Cathy McDavid, Cowboy for Keeps, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 118:
"He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]"
— 1930, The Strand Magazine, volume 80, page 321:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The child peeled a star-shaped ____ from the sheet and placed it on his chart.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She put a bright yellow ____ on her laptop to distinguish it from all the others in the busy office.