Sticky may refer to:

Adhesion

  • Adhesion, the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another
  • Sticky mat, an adhesive mat used in cleanrooms to lessen contamination from footwear
  • Sticky note, a generic term for a Post-it Note or competitor

People

  • Ricky "Sticky" Stuart (born 1967), Australian rugby player and coach
  • Sticky (musician), alias of UK garage producer Richard Forbes
  • Sticky Fingaz or Sticky (born 1973), nickname of the US rapper and actor Kirk Jones

Computing

  • Sticky bit, a user ownership access-right flag that can be assigned to files and directories on Unix systems
  • Sticky session, see Load balancing (computing)#Persistence
  • Sticky thread, an internet forum thread deemed important

Music

Songs

  • "Sticky" (The Maine song), 2021
  • "Sticky" (Drake song), 2022
  • "Sticky" (Kiss of Life song), 2024
  • "Sticky" (Tyler, the Creator song), 2024
  • "Sticky", by the Wedding Present from the 1993 album Hit Parade 2
  • "Sticky", by Dance Hall Crashers from the 1995 album Lockjaw
  • "The Sticky", a 1999 song by Gruvis Malt from the album Sound Soldiers
  • "Sticky", by Ravyn Lenae from the 2018 EP Crush
  • "Sticky", by FKA Twigs from the 2025 album Eusexua

Albums

  • Sticky (Cyndi Wang album), 2011
  • Sticky (Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes album), 2021

Other uses

  • Sticky (comics), a book of gay erotic comics
  • Sticky (economics), resistant to change
  • The Sticky, 2024 dark comedy television series

See also

  • Stick (disambiguation)
  • Stickies (disambiguation)
  • Sticky Fingers (disambiguation)