Blu-Tack
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a brand name, from blue tack.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (British, New Zealand, Australia) A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
- 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
- It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).
Translations
[edit]putty-like adhesive
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]Blu-Tack (third-person singular simple present Blu-Tacks, present participle Blu-Tacking, simple past and past participle Blu-Tacked)
- (British, New Zealand, Australia) To fix with Blu-Tack.
- The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.