stickum

stick·um

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [stik-uh m]
- /ˈstɪk əm/
- /stˈɪkəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stik-uh m]
- /ˈstɪk əm/

Definitions of stickum word

noun stickum any adhesive substance. 1
noun stickum any adhesive, sticky, or gummy substance 0
noun stickum any sticky, or adhesive, substance 0

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Origin of stickum

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

1905-10; stick2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em)

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Parts of speech for Stickum

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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stickum popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for stickum

noun stickum

birdlime — a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
bond — A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
glue — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
grout — a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
grouts — a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.

verb stickum

gluing — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
gummed — covered with a gummy substance.
glued — Simple past tense and past participle of glue.

All 21 Synonyms of stickum