Dictionary entry

A sticky wicket

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

sticky /'stÇki/ adj ( -ier, -iest ) ၁။ ေစးကပ္ေသာ။ ေစးႏွဲေသာ။ ကပ္ေသာ။ sticky fingers covered in jam ❍ sticky toffee. ၂။ ( infml ) (က) ပူအိုက္စိုထိုင္းေသာ။ a sticky August afternoon. (ခ) ေခြၽးရႊဲေနေသာ။ I'm all hot and sticky after my game of tennis. ၃။ ( infml ) က်ဥ္းထဲက်ပ္ထဲ။ ခြတီးခြက်။ a sticky situation ❍ Their marriage is going through a sticky patch (ie an unpleasant period of time). ၄။ ( Brit infml ) ကတ္[ေသာ]။ လက္ေပါက္ကတ္[ေသာ]။ The bank manager was a bit sticky about letting me have an overdraft. ❏ sticky tape n [U] တစ္ဖက္တြင္ တြယ္ကပ္စရာပါေသာ တိပ္ျပားအၾကည္။ a parcel done up with string and sticky tape. See also SELLO-TAPE ❏ a sticky wicket [ IDM ] ( Brit )လိပ္ခဲတည္းလည္းျဖစ္ျခင္း။ We're on a sticky wicket with these negotiations— they could easily fail. ❏ stickily /-Çli / adv stickiness n [U]

Examples

  1. The dough should be soft but not sticky.
  2. A heavy sticky soil
  3. I licked my sticky fingers.
  4. [sticky with] : His hair was sticky with blood.
  5. Sticky toffee/cakes/buns
  6. Sticky labels
  7. A warm and sticky summer afternoon