spackle
/ˈspak(ə)l
/noun [mass noun] North American trademark
A compound used to fill cracks in plaster and produce a smooth surface before decoration: ceiling spackle and fake-wood decorative beams...
- Gouges or holes in the walls must be repaired with wall board compound, spackle, or patching plaster.
- Fill all cracks and holes using a joint compound and drywall compound or spackle.
- Use no-shrink spackle, joint compound or plaster to patch screw holes.
verb [with object]
Repair (a surface) or fill (a hole or crack) with spackle: pull off any loose paper and spackle these areas...
- In something of a daze, I quickly spackled the holes left by the shelf removal and began to paint.
- If you score the wall, too, it can always be spackled and sanded.
- I spackled the wall two years back and have just been sort of glaring at it since.
Origin
1920s: perhaps a blend of sparkle and German Spachtel 'putty knife, mastic'.
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