loose vs sticky

loose

adj
  • Having oversteer. 

  • Not compact. 

  • Not fitting closely 

  • Relaxed. 

  • Indiscreet. 

  • Not held or packaged together. 

  • Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate. 

  • Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. 

  • Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. 

  • Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood). 

  • Not under control. 

verb
  • Of a grip or hold, to let go. 

  • To shoot (an arrow). 

  • To let loose, to free from restraints. 

  • To make less tight, to loosen. 

  • To unfasten, to loosen. 

intj
  • begin shooting; release your arrows 

noun
  • All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). 

  • The release of an arrow. 

  • A letting go; discharge. 

  • Freedom from restraint. 

sticky

adj
  • Potentially difficult to escape from. 

  • Tending to stay the same; resistant to change. 

  • Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating. 

  • Resembling or characteristic of a stick. 

  • Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. 

  • Persistent. 

  • Appearing on all virtual desktops. 

  • Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. 

  • Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving. 

verb
  • to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. 

noun
  • A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. 

  • A sticky note, such as a post-it note. 

  • A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper. 

  • A sweet dessert wine. 

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