spackle

[ spak-uhl ]

(initial capital letter)Trademark.
  1. a brand of quick-drying, plasterlike material for patching plasterwork.

verb (used with or without object),spack·led, spack·ling.
  1. to patch with Spackle.

Origin of spackle

1
First recorded in 1925–30; perhaps from German Spachtel “putty knife,” variant of Spatel “spatula”; see spatula

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