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wheatpasting

wheatpasting noun: the act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.

Noun

wheatpasting (plural wheatpastings)

  1. The act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.
    • The outreach effort for Tuesday's demo was unprecedented. There was a mass wheatpasting of thousands off posters and flyers, in both English and Spanish, including a series of "Twelve reasons to ACT UP on March 28th."1989 April 8, Andrew Miller, “Anatomy of a Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 12

Forms of wheatpasting

pluralwheatpastings

Questions about wheatpasting

What does wheatpasting mean?
Wheatpasting means the act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.
What part of speech is wheatpasting?
Wheatpasting is a noun.
What is the plural of wheatpasting?
The plural of wheatpasting is wheatpastings.

Words near wheatpasting in the dictionary

  1. wheatpaste
  2. wheatpasted
  3. wheatpaster
  4. wheatpasters
  5. wheatpastes
  6. wheatpasting
  7. wheatrick
  8. wheatricks
  9. wheats
  10. wheatsel
  11. wheatsheaf

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