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stickum

[ stik-uhm ]
/ ˈstɪk əm /
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noun Informal.
any adhesive substance.
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Origin of stickum

1905–10; stick2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em)

Words nearby stickum

stick-to-it-ive, stick-to-it-iveness, stick to one's guns, stick to one's last, stick to the ribs, stickum, stickup, stick up for, stickup man, stickweed, stick with
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Words related to stickum

adhesive, mud, plaster, sand, cement, paste, irons, shackle, bind, connect, fix, glue, band, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, gunk, handcuff

How to use stickum in a sentence

  • 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
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