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stick-on

stick-on

2 3.7
With glue on the back so you can press it onto something
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɪkˌɑn/
translation icon : autoadhesivo
  • I got these stick on gems from Michaels, and I also got these Pearl stick on letters to spell out my name on the one case that I lost.
  • stick-on label
  • stick-on stars
  • stick-on letters

I absolutely love them, but they're just the best brand for stick on nails.

Examples

  • A world of wrinkled suits and stick-on name tags.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Chase runs his finger along the stick-on racing stripe.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The walls are painted bright green with big shiny stick-on flowers.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • St. Louis fans will receive stick-on mustaches in... uh, honor, I guess... of head coach Jeff Fisher.

    Blog text (11)

  • The suitcases are adorned with plastic stick-on flowers.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Two years earlier, she had given him a roll of gift paper and three stick-on bows along with the presents she had not had time to wrap.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Taped to the wall, a plastic flag with stick-on letters reads: ADORN NO. 1.

    Blog text (28)

  • He entered the bathroom and saw stick-on devices the owners had pasted in the tub to prevent falls.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Includes 67 interchangeable, stick-on pieces, including new blank pieces to fill in yourself (a brilliant customer suggestion... thank you!)

    Blog text (1)

  • You can easily decorate your laptop with stick-on decals that peel off without leaving residue.

Synonyms

sticky
vsstick-on
126 1.0

Covered with a substance that keeps it on other things

is pre coated to attach by pressing rather than merely having a clingy surface
adhesive
vsstick-on
3 3.5

Sticking to a surface so it stays in place

is pre coated so it attaches by pressing without extra glue

Antonyms

removable
20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

nonadhesive
6.5

Does not stick to skin or other surfaces

Surface Forms

stick-on positive

Morphology

stick-on = stick + on (transparent) = stick + on

The adjective is formed from the verb 'stick' + particle 'on' meaning designed to stick onto a surface, a directly inferable combination for learners.

Etymology

The word stick-on is simply stick + on: stick means 'to attach' and on means 'onto'. So a stick-on item already has glue on its back and you can press it 'on' to attach it easily.