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  • 91sticky — 1. adjective a) Able or likely to stick. Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface? b) Potentially difficult to escape from. This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if were not careful. 2. noun …

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  • 92Sticky-Down — A figure that can move higher relatively easily, but only will go down with pronounced effort. The existence of sticky down prices has been proved by numerous modern day economic studies, and usually it involves the economic input costs that go… …

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  • 93sticky\ fingers — 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.… …

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  • 94sticky — I. /ˈstɪki / (say stikee) adjective (stickier, stickiest) 1. having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive. 2. covered with adhesive matter: sticky hands. 3. Cricket (of a wicket) affected by rain causing the ball to veer off in an… …

  • 95sticky wicket — /stɪki ˈwɪkət/ (say stikee wikuht) –noun 1. Cricket a wicket, affected by rain, which gives an unpredictable bounce. 2. Colloquial a delicate, difficult or disadvantageous situation: to find yourself in yet another sticky wicket. –phrase 3. be on …

  • 96sticky —  1. Unpleasant. Also a sticky end. A disagreeable form of death or ruin.  2. Difficult. Unresponsive. (Of people) Unaccommodating.  3. See wet and sticky.  4. bat on a sticky wicket Function in difficult circumstances …

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  • 97sticky-sweet — adj chiefly US informal : extremely sweet : too sweet sticky sweet caramel a sticky sweet smell a love song full of sticky sweet sentiment …

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  • 98Sticky bead argument — In general relativity, the sticky bead argument is a simple thought experiment designed to show that gravitational radiation is indeed predicted by general relativity, and can have physical effects. These claims were not widely accepted prior to… …

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  • 99Sticky Wicket — Infobox Television episode Title = Sticky Wicket Series = M*A*S*H Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 21 Airdate = March 4, 1973 Production = J321 Writer = Richard Baer Director = Don Weis Guests = Episode list = List of M*A*S*H episodes Prev = The… …

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  • 100Sticky Balls — Infobox VG title = Sticky Balls caption = developer = Gizmondo Studios Manchester publisher = Gizmondo Studios designer = released = modes = Single player, Multiplayer genre = Puzzler series = ratings = , PEGI: 3+ platforms = Gizmondo media = SD… …

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