Blu-Tack
Speech parts
1. Blu-Tack - Noun
2. Blu-Tack - Verb
Meaning
Blu-Tack (uncountable)
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
Blu-Tack (third-person singular simple present Blu-Tacks, present participle Blu-Tacking, simple past and past participle Blu-Tacked)
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia) To fix with Blu-Tack.
The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.
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Examples
Blu-Tack can be finely shaped and worked into even very small areas.
In 2007 artist Elizabeth Thompson created a 200-kilogram sculpture of a house spider using Blu-Tack over a wire frame.
Initially the potential of this material was not fully recognised, but later Bostik commenced research into the development of what they were eventually to launch as Blu-Tack.