sticky
Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Difficult, awkward.
Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
Mawkish, sentimental.
(finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
(internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
(colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
(slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
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(Internet, bulletin boards) To fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
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