- made of or covered in a substance that sticks to things that touch it
- sticky fingers covered in jam
- There's a dish of mango with sweet sticky rice.
- Stir in the milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.
- Her arms were covered in a sticky substance that could only be blood.
Extra Examples- It was covered in a really sticky mess.
- The paint was still slightly sticky.
- The rubber's gone all sticky.
- The white paint was still fresh and sticky to the touch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- hot and sticky
- (of paper, labels, etc.) with glue (= a sticky substance) on one side so that you can stick it to a surface
- sticky tape
- (informal) (of the weather) hot and slightly wet
- a sticky, humid afternoon
- The air was hot and sticky.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- hot and sticky
- (informal) (of a person) feeling hot and uncomfortable synonym sweaty
- She felt hot and sticky after six hours on the bus.
- (informal) difficult or unpleasant
- I always seem to get into sticky situations on holiday.
- Their relationship is going through a sticky patch and they’ve decided to have counselling.
- (computing) (of a website) so interesting and well organized that the people who visit it stay there for a long time
Idioms
See sticky in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee sticky in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha bad/sticky end
- (British English, informal) something unpleasant that happens to somebody, for example punishment or a violent death, usually because of their own actions
- He'll come to a sticky end one of these days if he carries on like that.
have sticky fingers
- (informal) to be likely to steal something
a sticky wicket
- (British English, informal) a difficult situation
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