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sticky

/ˈstɪki/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈstɪki/
sticky
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

stic - ky -> sticky

Myanmar meaning

(adj) စေးကပ်သော

Full entry

sticky /'stÇki/ adj (-ier, -iest )

၁။ စေးကပ်သော။ စေးနှဲသော။ ကပ်သော။ sticky fingers covered in jam ❍ sticky toffee.
၂။ (infml ) (က) ပူအိုက်စိုထိုင်းသော။ a sticky August afternoon. (ခ) ချွေးရွှဲနေသော။ I'm all hot and sticky after my game of tennis.
၃။ (infml ) ကျဉ်းထဲကျပ်ထဲ။ ခွတီးခွကျ။ a sticky situation ❍ Their marriage is going through a sticky patch (ie an unpleasant period of time).
၄။ (Brit infml ) ကတ်[သော]။ လက်ပေါက်ကတ်[သော]။ The bank manager was a bit sticky about letting me have an overdraft.
❏ sticky tape n [U] တစ်ဖက်တွင် တွယ်ကပ်စရာပါသော တိပ်ပြားအကြည်။ a parcel done up with string and sticky tape. See also SELLO-TAPE
❏ a sticky wicket [IDM ] (Brit )လိပ်ခဲတည်းလည်းဖြစ်ခြင်း။ We're on a sticky wicket with these negotiations— they could easily fail.
❏ stickily /-Çli / adv stickiness n [U]

More examples
  • The dough should be soft but not sticky.
  • A heavy sticky soil
  • I licked my sticky fingers.
  • [sticky with] : His hair was sticky with blood.
  • Sticky toffee/cakes/buns
  • Sticky labels
  • A warm and sticky summer afternoon
Synonyms
muggy, humid, sultry, close, steamy, clammy, hot, oppressive, adhesive, agglutinative, awkward, clinging, dank, delicate, difficult, discomforting, embarrassing, formidable, gluey, glutinous, gummy, hairy, hard, heavy, knotty, laborious, mucky, nasty, operose, painful, pasty, ropy, rough, rugged, soggy, strenuous, sweltering, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thorny, tricky, unpleasant, viscid, viscous
Antonyms
cool, dry, easy, facile, pleasant, smooth, uncomplicated, unsticky, untroublesome
Cross references
muggyhumidsultryclosesteamyclammyhotoppressiveadhesiveagglutinativeawkwardclingingdankdelicatedifficultdiscomfortingembarrassingformidableglueyglutinousgummyhairyhardheavyknottylaboriousmuckynasty
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