stickum
UK/ˈstɪkəm/
stickum noun: any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.
Noun
stickum (countable and uncountable, plural stickums)
- Any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.
- A strip of muslin swaddles his privates, fixed by means of pine stickum to his belly and buttocks.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 16
- He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Forms of stickum
| plural | stickums |
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Origin of stickum
From stick + variant of 'em, him.
Words that rhyme with stickum
Questions about stickum
- What does stickum mean?
- Stickum means any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.
- What part of speech is stickum?
- Stickum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stickum?
- Stickum is pronounced /ˈstɪkəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stickum?
- The plural of stickum is stickums.
Words near stickum in the dictionary
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