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wheatpaste

wheatpaste is the alternative form of wheat paste.

Meaning of wheat paste

Noun

wheat paste (countable and uncountable, plural wheat pastes)

  1. A gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or wheat starch and water.
    Synonyms:
    flour paste

Verb

wheatpaste (third-person singular simple present wheatpastes, present participle wheatpasting, simple past and past participle wheatpasted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To put up posters in public spaces as a form of activism.
    • Politically irreverent lesbian age 25 seeks other lezzie(s) to frolic, argue, and wheatpaste with.1990 December 23, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 23, page 13
    • Jen Wofford, a local activist, was arrested and detained last September for wheatpasting Queer Nation posters.1991 February 11, Ed Boyce, “Bashers With Badges”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 6

Forms of wheatpaste

Noun
pluralwheatpastes
Verb
third-person singular presentwheatpastes
present participlewheatpasting
past participlewheatpasted
pastwheatpasted

Questions about wheatpaste

What does wheatpaste mean?
Wheatpaste means to put up posters in public spaces as a form of activism.
What is wheatpaste the alternative form of?
Wheatpaste is the alternative form of wheat paste.
What part of speech is wheatpaste?
Wheatpaste is a verb.
What is the past tense of wheatpaste?
The past tense of wheatpaste is wheatpasted.

Words near wheatpaste in the dictionary

  1. wheatmeal
  2. wheatmeals
  3. wheaton
  4. Wheaton Aston
  5. wheatons
  6. wheatpaste
  7. wheatpasted
  8. wheatpaster
  9. wheatpasters
  10. wheatpastes
  11. wheatpasting

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