Meanings
nounBlu-Tack (uncountable)
- AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKuncountableA solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).
2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27
verbBlu-Tack (third-person singular simple present Blu-Tacks, present participle Blu-Tacking, simple past and past participle Blu-Tacked)
present singular third person Blu-Tacks · participle present Blu-Tacking · participle past Blu-Tacked · past Blu-Tacked
- AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKTo fix with Blu-Tack.
The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.
Origin
From a brand name, from blue tack.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wondergom, prestik
- wondergomputty-like adhesive
- prestikputty-like adhesive
Chinese Mandarin 藍丁膠 /蓝丁胶, 寶貼 /宝贴
- 藍丁膠 /蓝丁胶 (lándīngjiāo)putty-like adhesive
- 寶貼 /宝贴 (bǎotiē)putty-like adhesive
- 泥膠 /泥胶 (níjiāo)putty-like adhesive
Finnish sinitarra
- sinitarraputty-like adhesive
Icelandic kennaratyggjó
- kennaratyggjóputty-like adhesive
Spanish Blu-Tack
- Blu-Tackputty-like adhesive
Swedish häftmassa, kladdmassa
- häftmassaputty-like adhesive
- kladdmassaputty-like adhesive
- kletputty-like adhesive
- kluddputty-like adhesive
Turkish hamur yapıştırıcı
- hamur yapıştırıcıputty-like adhesive
Cite this entry
APA
Blu-Tack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blu-Tack
MLA
“Blu-Tack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blu-Tack. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blu-Tack,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blu-Tack.
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