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spackle

[ spak-uhl ]
/ ˈspæk əl /
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(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.
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Origin of spackle

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