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stickum

American  
[stik-uhm] / ˈstɪk əm /

noun

Informal.
  1. any adhesive substance.


Etymology

Origin of stickum

1905–10; stick 2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em )

Example Sentences

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Goodell strayed far from common sense and from any previous penalty for ball tampering, such as receivers using stickum.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2016

Rice entered the league in 1985, four years after stickum was banned by the league.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2015

It remains to be seen if any other receivers or players from the 1980s and '90s come out to support or deny Rice's claim that stickum use was rampant during those decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2015

Players in the NFL are no longer allowed to use stickum.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2011

“We put stickum paper over cracks in the cave, to catch crawling bugs,” Johnson said to me.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston