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stickum

[stik-uh m]
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noun Informal.

any adhesive substance.

RELATED WORDS

adhesive, plaster, mud, sand, shackle, paste, cement, bind, fix, glue, connect, spit, gum, patch, stick, fasten, mucilage, fetter, chain

Nearby words

  1. stickpin,
  2. sticks,
  3. stickseed,
  4. sticktight,
  5. sticktoitiveness,
  6. stickup,
  7. stickup man,
  8. stickweed,
  9. stickwork,
  10. sticky

Origin of stickum

1905–10; stick2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em)
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Examples from the Web for stickum

  • Harry Donnelle said they melted the stickum with gasoline and that it didn't hurt the leopard much.

    Roy Blakely, Pathfinder|Percy Keese Fitzhugh

  • Could be pure accident—some chemical in the stickum spoiled.

    The Plague|Teddy Keller
Word Origin and History for stickum

stickum

n.

"glue, paste," 1909, from stick (v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper