Having the property of adhering or sticking to a surface; adhesive, Of or relating to an item of software or hardware, such as an onscreen graphic or mouse button, that remains active for a brief time after being touched, Able or likely to stick, noun_ A sticky note, such as a post-it note, manufacturing A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper, verb_ Internet, bulletin boards to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view