sticky.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} 1. The habit of stealing things you see and want. * /Don't leave money in your locker; some of the boys have sticky fingers./ * /Don't leave that girl alone in the room with so many valuable objects around, because she has sticky fingers./ 2. Ability to catch a ball, especially football forward passes. * /Jack is very tall and has sticky fingers. He is an end on the football team./

sticky.html - 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).

sticky wicket 1 Cricket a pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult for the batsman.
2 colloq. difficult or awkward circumstances.

stickily adv. stickiness n.

sticky.html - n. & v.
Austral. & NZ sl. --n.

an inquisitive person.

--v.

intr. pry.

sticky.html - See: CARROT AND STICK, MORE THAN ONE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT.

sticky.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something dangerous or risky. * /When I was in trouble, Paul was the only one who would stick his neck out to help me./ * /John is always sticking his chin out by saying something he shouldn't./

sticky.html - {v.}, {informal} To stay or wait nearby. * /John's father told him to stick around and they would go fishing./ * /After work Mr. Harris stuck around to ride home with his friend./