WordNet
sticky end
n. an end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other
Usage examples of "sticky end".
You won't come to any harm if you play fair with me and your partners but you'll come to a sticky end if you don't!
He touched the sticky end of the probe to the timer, and it stuck there.
I'll keep my promise, even if it brings me to a sticky end, which it probably will.
People who used magic without knowing what they were doing usually came to a sticky end.