spackle
[ spak-uhl ]
(initial capital letter)Trademark.
a brand of quick-drying, plasterlike material for patching plasterwork.
verb (used with or without object),spack·led, spack·ling.
to patch with Spackle.
Origin of spackle
1First recorded in 1925–30; perhaps from German Spachtel “putty knife,” variant of Spatel “spatula”; see spatula
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