STICKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sticker mean? 

• STICKER (noun)
  The noun STICKER has 4 senses:

1. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

2. an adhesive label

3. a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

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

  Familiarity information: STICKER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STICKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pricker; prickle; spikelet; spine; sticker; thorn

Hypernyms ("sticker" is a kind of...):

aculeus (a stiff sharp-pointed plant process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sticker"):

glochid; glochidium (a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti))

Derivation:

stick (pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An adhesive label

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gummed label; paster; sticker

Hypernyms ("sticker" is a kind of...):

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sticker"):

bookplate; ex libris (a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted)

Derivation:

stick (stick to firmly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

poser; sticker; stumper; toughie

Hypernyms ("sticker" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dagger; sticker

Hypernyms ("sticker" is a kind of...):

knife (a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point)

Meronyms (parts of "sticker"):

haft; helve (the handle of a weapon or tool)

hilt (the handle of a sword or dagger)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sticker"):

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)

Derivation:

stick (pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed)

stick (pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument)

 Context examples 

Also, when participating in your festive events, you may need to buy new eveningwear, so keep track of what you are spending to make sure you don’t have sticker shock when the statement arrives.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)