spackle

[ spak-uh l ]

/ ˈspæk əl /

(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.

Nearby words

spaciality, spacially, spacing, spacious, spaciously, spackle, spacy, spad, spade, spade foot, spade guinea

Word Origin and History for spackle

Spackle

proprietary name for a surfacing compound, 1927, probably based on German spachtel "putty knife, mastic, filler." The verb is attested from 1940. Related: Spackled; spackling.