STICKY

[adjective] -ier, -iestSticky means being, made of, or covered with a substance that stays fixed to any surface it touches.Don't touch the wet paint - it's sticky.You shouldn't eat so many sticky sweets.We had sticky buns for tea.The children's faces were sticky with chocolate.Come here, and I'll wipe your sticky fingers.If the weather is sticky, it is very hot and the air feels wet.It's very sticky in New York in August. See also humid.Sticky also means difficult.We've got a sticky problem to deal with.There were a few sticky moments during the meeting, but everything turned out all right in the end.The company is going through a sticky patch at the moment.Sticky can also mean unwilling to agree.My dad was rather sticky about letting me go to the party.Their bank manager was sticky about lending them the money they wanted to borrow.(informal) If someone has sticky fingers, they are likely to steal.Brian got a job in a shop, but he turned out to have sticky fingers and was forced to leave.If someone comes to/meets a sticky end, they are killed or something unpleasant happens to them.You'll come to a sticky end if you carry on behaving like this.In the final scene of the film, the lovers meet a sticky end.Sticky tape is [UK and ANZ] for Sellotape.A sticky wicket is a difficult situation.This is something of a sticky wicket you've got us into.I know I'm batting on a sticky wicket (= I will get into a difficult situation) by saying this, but I think you're wrong.