sticker

sticker
/stik"euhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that sticks.
2. an adhesive label.
3. Informal. See sticker price.
4. something, as a problem or riddle, that puzzles or nonpluses one.
5. Slang. a knife, esp. one used as a weapon by a criminal.
6. a worker who kills animals in a slaughterhouse by piercing the jugular vein with a pointed instrument.
7. a bur, thorn, or the like.
adj.
8. of or pertaining to the sticker price of an automobile: Customers are experiencing sticker shock at the high price of new cars.
v.t.
9. to place a sticker on.
[1575-85; STICK2 + -ER1]

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