Blu-Tack

English

Blu-Tack

Etymology

From a brand name, from blue tack.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Noun

Blu-Tack (uncountable)

1. (British, New Zealand, Australia) A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.

Translations

putty-like adhesive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍丁膠／蓝丁胶 (lándīngjiāo), 蓝丁胶 (lándīngjiāo), 寶貼／宝贴 (bǎotiē), 宝贴 (bǎotiē), 泥膠／泥胶 (níjiāo), 泥胶 (níjiāo)

• Finnish: sinitarra
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• Icelandic: kennaratyggjó n
• Spanish: Blu-Tack m

Verb

Blu-Tack (third-person singular simple present Blu-Tacks, present participle Blu-Tacking, simple past and past participle Blu-Tacked)

1. (British, New Zealand, Australia) To fix with Blu-Tack.

   The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.

Further reading

• Blu-Tack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia