sticky

IPA: stˈɪki

A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
(Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
(Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
(slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
(slang) A member of the Official Irish Republican Army.

(Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Difficult, awkward.
Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
(finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.

Examples of "sticky" in Sentences

Material: Ever wondered what the "sticky" in sticky yoga mats is?
PLAYBOY: Portals attempt to create what they call sticky content to keep a user as long as possible.
Both of these models result in what I call sticky sales relationship and is extremely hard to disintermediate.
Toyota announced Tuesday that production of eight models will be stopped until it could remedy what it called a sticky gas-pedal problem.