sticky-finger (English, verb)
expansion: sticky-finger (third-person singular simple present sticky-fingers, present participle sticky-fingering, simple past and past participle sticky-fingered)
Senses:
glosses: To steal, to pilfer; to make off with (something).
tags: idiomatic
informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sticky, finger. To touch or finger something which is sticky, or with fingers that are sticky.
Forms:
form: sticky-fingers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sticky-fingering
tags: participle
present
form: sticky-fingered
tags: participle
past
form: sticky-fingered
tags: past