🩹 Able to stick 😬 Difficult situation 🥵 Hot and humid 📌 Fixed on screen

sticky

1 5.7

Fixed to the screen while the rest of the page scrolls

adjective
/ˈstɪki/

Texting

: fijo al desplazarse

Examples

How are our sites "sticky" so people want to stay on them?

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A sticky website is one that is designed to engage the user and keep them interested in the website.

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Playboy: Portals attempt to create what they call sticky content to keep a user as long as possible.

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Another feature that can make your site "sticky" is the incorporation of social features like Facebook and Disqus commenting systems.

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The website's new layout is designed to be sticky, ensuring that visitors remain engaged as they scroll.
To enhance user experience, developers often implement sticky headers that stay visible while the rest of the content scrolls.
The team created sticky features that encourage users to return to the site for more information.

Synonyms

fixed

vssticky

1.0

Attached firmly to something so it cannot move

stays in place only while scrolling, moving otherwise with page content

Antonyms

scrollable

Texting

1 3.7

You can move the screen view up, down, or sideways to see more

Idioms

to meet a sticky end

Archaic

8.3

To die in a sudden or violent way

Compounds

sticky bun

5 1.3

A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts

sticky-finger

Offensive

2 9.9

A person who often steals small things

sticky mess

Informal

1 5.5

A difficult, unpleasant situation that is hard to fix

sticky goop

Informal

1 5.4

A thick glue-like substance that clings to things and makes a mess

sticky aster

8.8

A small wild flower with leafy stems and bright purple petals that grows in western US hills

sticky end

Specialized

8.8

A short DNA end where one strand hangs out and joins a matching strand

sticky end

Archaic

7.7

A bad ending that often leaves someone hurt or killed

sticky-outy hairdo

Informal

9.1

A hairstyle with hair that stands out from the head and is easy to see

sticky geranium

8.2

A wildflower in western North America with sticky hairy stems and pinkish flowers

sticky toffee pud

8.6

A moist sponge cake dessert with dates and warm toffee sauce

sticky-outy bangs

Informal

9.9

Hair at the front of the head styled to stick out from the forehead

How Pinned

fixed

1.0

sticky

Texting

1 5.7

unpinned

Texting

4.2

movable

13 2.5

Surface Forms

sticky positive

Morphology

sticky = stick (semi-transparent) = stick + y

Formed regularly from 'stick', and the UI meaning 'remaining fixed' is a direct extension of 'to stick', but it is specialized technical usage that may be unfamiliar to some learners.

Etymology

Sticky in web design comes from the same idea of 'sticking' in place: the root stick means to stay attached, and -y gives the quality of staying. So a sticky header or footer 'stays fixed' on the screen while the rest of the page moves.