stick-on

[ stik-on, -awn ]

noun

1. a label, sticker, or the like, that has an adhesive backing.

stick-on

/ ˈstɪkɒn /

noun

1. informal.
   an event with a certain outcome

Word History and Origins

Origin of stick-on¹

Noun use of the verb phrase stick on

Example Sentences

The other amateur Thespians, wearing comic stick-on mustaches, moved to their marks, improvising a scene in a women’s beauty salon where one patron’s hair is accidentally dyed blue.

From New York Times

Half the crowd seemed to have no more than two degrees of separation from the folk-singing bartender, some donning stick-on mustaches in tribute to Johnson’s whiskered visage.

From Seattle Times

If your current flooring is looking tired, you can easily update it with stick-on tiles, a new area rug or runner rug.

From Seattle Times

"You don't expect that. The quality of our finishing was incredible. They weren't stick-on goals. We were lethal in front of goal," Newcastle boss Eddie Howe told Sky Sports.

From BBC

University of California Santa Cruz researcher Jessica Kendall-Bar and colleagues developed a non-invasive stick-on tag to track and simultaneously monitor the brain activity of wild northern elephant seals off the coast of California.

From BBC