Related Words for sticky fingers

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WordSyllablesCategories
finger
/x
Noun, Noun
touch
/
Noun
easy pickings
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
lift
/
Noun
steal
/
Verb
fists
/
Noun
stroke of luck
///
Phrase, Noun
snag
/
Noun
confidence trick
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
grasp
/
Noun
caper
/x
Noun
lick
/
Noun
grease
/
Noun
helping hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lick and a promise
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
blot on the escutcheon
//xx/x
Phrase, Noun
slide
/
Noun
fig leaf
//
Name, Name
tale
/
Noun
elbow grease
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bite
/
Noun
pinch
/
Noun
grip
/
Noun
dead giveaway
//xx
Phrase, Noun
swindle
/x
Noun
knock
/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
hack
/
Noun
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
trick
/
Noun
hang
/
Verb
slap on the wrist
//x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
writing on the wall
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
fork
/
Noun
killer instinct
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
scrape
/
Noun
lucky dip
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stab in the back
/xx/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
kiss of death
///
Phrase, Noun
fish to fry
///
Phrase, Noun
highway robbery
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
inside job
x//
Phrase, Noun
trick of the trade
//x/
Phrase, Noun
tightrope
/x
Noun
free hand
//
Phrase, Noun
smoking gun
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gage
/
Noun
cess
x
Noun
snap
/
Noun
ramp
/
Noun
warning sign
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tip of the iceberg
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
ahold
x/
Adverb
toss
/
Noun
chip off the old block
//x//
Phrase, Noun
fling
/
Noun
slant
/
Noun
skip
/
Noun
shakedown
/x
Noun
sitting duck
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fall
/
Noun
door
/
Noun
stalk
/
Noun
dodge
/
Noun
eye for an eye
////
Phrase, Noun
stroke
/
Noun
stab
/
Noun
practical joke
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
blame game
//
Phrase, Noun
cinch
/
Noun
crack
/
Noun
free ride
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun
hair trigger
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
red flag
//
Phrase, Noun
sticks
/
Noun
pull
/
Noun
adhesive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ankles
/x
Noun
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
biscuit
/x
Noun
bonding
/x
Noun
broken
/x
Adjective, Noun
candy
/x
Noun, Verb
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
chalky
/x
Adjective
clingy
/x
Adjective
clods
/
Noun
congealed
x/
Adjective
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cookie
/x
Noun, Verb
costello
x/x
Name
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
digits
/x
Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
elastic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
embarrassing
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
expeditious
xx/x
Adjective
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feeling
/x
Noun, Adjective
feet
/
Noun
fingernails
/xx
Noun
fingerprints
/xx
Noun
fingertips
/xx
Noun
fixed
/
Adjective
flute
/
Noun, Verb
forefinger
/xx
Noun
gelatinous
x/xx
Adjective
glue
/
Noun, Verb
glutinous
/xx
Adjective
goo
/
Noun, Verb
gray
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
greasy
/x
Adjective
grey
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gritty
/x
Adjective
gum
/
Noun, Verb
gummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
hands
/
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
honey
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
humid
/x
Adjective
inches
/x
Adjective
inflexible
x/xx
Adjective
intractable
x/xx
Adjective
knotty
/x
Adjective
knuckles
/x
Noun
legs
/
Noun
lingering
/xx
Noun
maintenance
/xx
Noun
mess
/
Noun, Verb
messy
/x
Adjective
moist
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
muggy
/x
Adjective
nagging
/x
Adjective, Noun
nails
/
Noun, Adjective
necks
/
Noun
oily
/x
Adjective, Noun
pantyhose
/xx
Noun
pasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
paws
/
Noun
permanent
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
persistent
x/x
Adjective
phalanges
x/x
Noun
pins
/
Noun
pollutants
x/x
Noun
prickles
/x
Noun
prints
/
Noun
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pulpy
/x
Adjective
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
resinous
/xx
Adjective
rigid
/x
Adjective, Noun
ring
/
Noun, Verb
ringers
/x
Noun
rods
/
Noun
sensitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
situation
xx/x
Noun
slime
/
Noun, Verb
slimy
/x
Adjective, Noun
soapy
/x
Adjective, Noun
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
speedy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
steamy
/x
Adjective
sticker
/x
Noun, Verb
stickiness
/xx
Noun
stocking
/x
Noun
sugary
/xx
Adjective
sweet
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
swift
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
syrup
/x
Noun, Verb
tacky
/x
Adjective, Noun
tape
/
Noun, Verb
thorny
/x
Adjective
thumbs
/
Noun
toes
/
Noun
unenviable
x/xxx
Adjective
viscous
/x
Adjective
walk
/
Verb, Noun
watery
/xx
Adjective
wet
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
wrists
/
Noun
yuck
/
Noun, Verb