Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An adhesive substance.

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  • noun informal Any adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[stick + -um (variant of 'em).]

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Examples

  • "stickum" - covered square of glass and then upon the Bristol-board.

    Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884

  • I remember that Robert Newhouse threw a fullback option pass for a touchdown after licking the stickum off his hands; it was a sweep to the left, which still seems counterintuitive Newhouse being right-handed.

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • I remember that Robert Newhouse threw a fullback option pass for a touchdown after licking the stickum off his hands; it was a sweep to the left, which still seems counterintuitive Newhouse being right-handed.

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • I remember that Robert Newhouse threw a fullback option pass for a touchdown after licking the stickum off his hands; it was a sweep to the left, which still seems counterintuitive Newhouse being right-handed.

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • I remember that Robert Newhouse threw a fullback option pass for a touchdown after licking the stickum off his hands; it was a sweep to the left, which still seems counterintuitive Newhouse being right-handed.

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Just wet the stickum and put your clippings in place.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Just wet the stickum and put your clippings in place.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • I remember that Robert Newhouse threw a fullback option pass for a touchdown after licking the stickum off his hands; it was a sweep to the left, which still seems counterintuitive Newhouse being right-handed.

    The Itchy and Steeler Show Chuck Klosterman 2004

  • Incensed by the stickum on his hands, Maurice confronted me before I had the chance to accuse him.

    Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime Diane Leslie 1999

  • Rex does not believe it has commercial potential here because the "stickum traps" had to be removed and cleaned every ten days.

    8: Plant protection and pest control 1996

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  • Glue, paste, adhesive. Wow, fake Latin that sticks!

    November 26, 2007