stickum

English

Etymology

From stick + variant of 'em, him.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɪkəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəm

Noun

stickum (countable and uncountable, plural stickums)

1. (Canada, US, informal) Any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 16:

     A strip of muslin swaddles his privates, fixed by means of pine stickum to his belly and buttocks.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     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.