单词 | shticky |
释义 | shtickyadj. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Employing or characterized by shticks or gimmicks, especially to an excessive degree; gimmicky, contrived.Frequently with reference to a comedy performance. ΚΠ 1968 D. Rowan Let. 24 Jan. in Friendship (1986) 36 You have to send me material for my shticky show. 1990 Premiere July 71/1 Ringwald was..substantive but never dull; pretty but not too sexy; deftly comic but never shticky. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 May r3 We were all cautious..about it [sc. the film] being corny, false or shticky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1968 |
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