sticky

adjective (stickier, stickiest)

• 1tending or designed to stick to things on contact or covered with something that sticks:her sticky bubblegum sticky tape
• (of a substance) glutinous; viscous:the dough should be moist but not sticky
• (of prices, interest rates, or wages) slow to change or react to change.

• 2(of the weather) hot and damp; muggy:it was an unusually hot and sticky summer
• damp with sweat:she felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes

• 3 informal involving problems; difficult or awkward:the relationship is going through a sticky patch

• 4(of a website or its content) attracting a long visit or repeat visits from users:make your site as sticky as possible to keep visitors there longer more and more often, web designers focus on the need to add sticky features to their sites
• (of a thread on an Internet message board) set to remain at the top of the other threads regardless of when it was last updated:a sticky thread is now live on the forum
• informal long-lasting or persistent:his new nickname has proved to be surprisingly sticky

noun (plural stickies)

• (on an Internet message board) a thread containing important information that is set to remain at the top of the other threads regardless of when it was last updated.