sticky end
sticky end · sticky ends
An unpleasant death, demise or conclusion, especially when deserved or brought about…An unpleasant death, demise or conclusion, especially when deserved or brought about by one's own actions.
» In a horror film, many characters come to a sticky end.
In einem Horrorfilm ereilt viele Figuren ein schreckliches Ende.
Meaning
1 sensesAn unpleasant death, demise or conclusion, especially when deserved or brought about by one's own actions.
The kidnapper came to a sticky end when he crashed his car into a tree.
It was a sticky end to the relationship.
More definitions
- an end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other
Examples
1 sentencesIn a horror film, many characters come to a sticky end.
deIn einem Horrorfilm ereilt viele Figuren ein schreckliches Ende. — Waldelfe
Forms
plural: sticky ends| Singular | sticky end |
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