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单词 blu-tack
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Blu-Tackn.

Brit. /ˈbluːtak/, U.S. /ˈbluˌtæk/
Forms: 1900s– Blue-tac, 1900s– Blue-tack, 1900s– Blu-tac, 1900s– Blu-tack. Also with lower-case initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English blu , blue adj., tack n.1
Etymology: < blu, altered spelling of blue adj. + tack n.1
A proprietary name for: a reusable, putty-like, adhesive substance, typically pale blue in colour, used to stick lightweight objects (esp. of paper or card) to a wall or other surface.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > other adhesives
mucilage1859
liquid glue1875
seccotine1894
tire-cement1894
superglue1937
Araldite1946
bioadhesive1967
Blu-Tack1972
cyanoacrylate1977
1972 Irish Times 4 Dec. 6/6 Quilts—Switzers. Blu-Tack—Easons. Tables—Roches Stores.
1983 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 Aug. A reusable adhesive new to the United States is designed for hanging lightweight objects such as posters... That's just one of many uses the Bostik Consumer Division..recommends for its English-made Blu-Tack.
1992 Guardian (Nexis) 25 May (eG section) 8 To see how the moon orbits the Earth, attach the table-tennis ball to the birthday candle-holder with blu-tack.
2013 Church Times 21 June 15/2 One of Georgia's friends put his head round the vestry door, and asked if he could borrow some Blu-tack to put up a cardboard sign in the churchyard.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Blu-Tackv.

Brit. /ˈbluːtak/, U.S. /ˈbluˌtæk/
Forms: see Blu-Tack n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Blu-Tack n.
Etymology: < Blu-Tack n.
transitive. To stick (a lightweight object) to a surface using Blu-Tack.
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1976 Observer 29 Feb. 22/5 She measures out her life..weighing rice, picking up marbles, Blu-tacking a child's painting on the wall.
1999 Cat World Aug. 40/1 If you've got anything delicate, you could try blu-tacking them down.
2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) iv. 62 I..gaze up at a photograph of..Abba that I've Blu-Tacked to the ceiling.

Derivatives

ˈBlu-Tacked adj.
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1993 Observer 17 Jan. b51/2 The walls bear Blu-tacked witnesses to this passion: Clint Eastwood, Cyrano de Bergerac.
2012 Y. A. Erskine Betrayal 7 Her familiar rose petal pink walls dotted with laminated, Blu-Tacked prints of her favourite Monets.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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