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Sticky
sticky
(stickier, stickiest) 1. A sticky substance is soft, or thick and liquid, and can stick to other things. Sticky things are covered with a sticky substance. ...sticky toffee... If the dough is sticky, add more flour... Peel away the sticky paper. ADJ 2. A sticky situation involves problems or is embarrassing. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments... ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. Sticky weather is unpleasantly hot and damp. ...four desperately hot, sticky days in the middle of August. = muggy ADJ
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adjective (stickier; -est) Date: 1731 1. a. adhesive b. (1) viscous, gluey (2) coated with a ~ substance hands ~ with sap 2. humid, muggy; also clammy 3. tending to stick a ~ window 4. a. disagreeable, unpleasant came to a ~ end b. awkward, stiff c. difficult, problematic a ~ situation 5. excessively sentimental ; cloying • stickily adverb • stickiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (stickier, stickiest) 1 tending or intended to stick or adhere. 2 glutinous, viscous. 3 (of the weather) humid. 4 colloq. awkward or uncooperative; intransigent (was very sticky about giving me leave). 5 colloq. difficult, awkward (a sticky problem). 6 colloq. very unpleasant or painful (came to a sticky end). Phrases and idioms sticky wicket 1 Cricket a pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult for the batsman. 2 colloq. difficult or awkward circumstances. Derivatives stickily adv. stickiness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. липкий, клейкий sticky hands —- липкие или потные руки sticky road —- вязкая дорога 2. разг. жаркий и влажный (о погоде) what a sticky day! —- как сегодня парит! 3. разг. нерешительный 4. разг. несговорчивый; придирчивый, нетерпимый the bank was very sticky about the loan —- с банком было трудно договориться о займе, банк проявил несговорчивость в вопросе о займе 5. разг. плохой, неприятный I had a sticky ten minutes —- я пережил очень неприятные десять минут he will come to a sticky end —- он плохо кончит 6. разг. трудный, опасный (о задании и т. п.); требующий особого внимания ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) липкий, клейкий 2) coll. несговорчивый 3) жаркий и влажный 4) coll. очень неприятный; he will come to a sticky end - он плохо кончит; to be on a sticky wicket - находиться в щекотливом положении Syn: see humid ...Англо-русский словарь
8.
~ adj 1 »SWEETS/HONEY ETC« made of or covered with a substance that sticks to surfaces (Jeremy's hands were sticky with jam. | tea and sticky buns) 2 sticky label/tape etc BrE a label1 (1) etc that has glue on one side so that it sticks to surfaces 3 »WEATHER« making you feel uncomfortable and very hot, wet, and dirty (a hot sticky day in August) 4 »EMBARRASSING« informal a sticky situation, conversation, or event is embarrassing and makes you feel worried or nervous (We were in for a long, sticky evening.) 5 »DIFFICULT« a sticky situation, question, or problem is difficult or dangerous to deal with (The band now have a minder to get them out of sticky situations.) 6 »NOT HELPFUL« BrE not willing to help you or do what you want (I asked him to lend me some money, but he was rather sticky about it.) 7 have sticky fingers informal to be likely to steal something 8 come to/meet a sticky end BrE informal to die violently especially because you have been doing something bad (The gangsters in his novels always come to a sticky end.) 9 be on a sticky wicket BrE informal to be in a situation that is difficult or that may become difficult - stickiness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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