sticker
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈstɪkər/
- US
:
espina
- I break a twig from a climbing rose bush and press its sticker into the scar of the old wound in my flesh.
- bush with stickers
Examples
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I had two on my feet from sticker briars when I was walking barefoot.
Fiction book (2001) -
Take those stickers away before they hurt themselves!
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Take you for instance, I would never push you in a sticker bush.
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Falling off a cliff into a sticker bush.
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Grandfather Darnell broke away from us and went to stand in a vacant lot, up to his knees in sticker burrs.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her bare arms were plunged deep in the thickest tangles; they were already scratched from the stickers.
Fiction book (1995) -
Caudell could trace their progress for a while by the way they swore when thorns and stickers gouged their flesh.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we rolled down the gravel a mile, turned off on a shell road where the chinaball and sticker bushes about dragged the paint off that beat-up cruiser.
Fiction book (1995) -
While hiking, I accidentally brushed against a sticker and winced at the sharp pain it caused.
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The gardener warned us to avoid the stickers on the bushes, as they could easily pierce the skin.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sharp point on a plant stem or leaf that can hurt you
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4.1
A sharp, stiff part on a plant or animal that can prick
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3.9
A small sharp point on a plant stem or leaf that can scratch
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8.2
A small sharp point on a plant stem or leaf that can hurt if touched
A sharp point on a plant stem that can hurt you
A small pointed part on a grass or grain stem that holds small flowers
Compounds
A small shiny paper shape you press onto things like cards or notebooks to decorate them
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Morphology
Etymology
Sticker The plant sense of sticker comes from stick meaning 'to prick' or 'to pierce', like a thorn that 'sticks' into skin. So a sticker is a small sharp point that can catch or prick you.