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English Dictionary: sticker by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sticker
n
  1. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
    Synonym(s): spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
  2. an adhesive label
    Synonym(s): gummed label, sticker, paster
  3. a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
    Synonym(s): poser, stumper, toughie, sticker
  4. a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
    Synonym(s): dagger, sticker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sticker \Stick"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
  
      2. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or
            poses. [Colloq.] --Tackeray.
  
      3. (Mus.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in
            part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by
            pushing.
  
      4. Same as {Paster}, 2. [Political Cant, U.S.]
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