sticker
/ˈstɪkə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A price tag.
noun
The listed price (also sticker price).
noun
A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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)."
- "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."
- "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, […]"
- "He toppled backward, landing on a particularly large cholla and crying out as hundreds of stickers pierced his flesh."
- "He's a sticker. He was a goer to the end in all he did — and in Rugger outstandingly […]"
- "When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɪkə/
- British English: /ˈstɪkə/
Usage
- Informal
- Colloquial
- Dated
- American usage
- Slang