sticker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).

   […] 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).

2. 2
   noun

   One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.

   He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]

3. 3
   noun

   The listed price (also sticker price).

   When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.

4. 4
   noun

   That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.

   "That's what I call a sticker for Wagg!"

5. 5
   verb

   To apply one or more stickers to (something).

   A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.

6. 6
   verb

   To mark as the sticker price

   Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449.

7. 7
   noun

   a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

8. 8
   noun

   a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

Etymology

From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).