glue stick

noun

A solid adhesive in a twist- or push-up tube, most commonly seen in schools and offices.

“Can I have a glue stick to stick this sheet into my book please, Miss?”

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Pritt stick

Meanings

nounglue stick (plural glue sticks)

plural glue sticks

  1. A solid adhesive in a twist- or push-up tube, most commonly seen in schools and offices.

    Can I have a glue stick to stick this sheet into my book please, Miss?

  2. informalA stick of hot glue.

    He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.

    Synonyms: Pritt stick

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA stick of hot glue.

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Pritt stick

Translations

Arabic عَصَا الْغِرَاء
  • عَصَا الْغِرَاء (ʕaṣā l-ḡirāʔ)solid adhesive tube
Chinese Cantonese 漿糊筆 /浆糊笔
  • 漿糊筆 /浆糊笔 (zoeng¹ wu⁴ bat¹)solid adhesive tube
Chinese Mandarin 固體膠 /固体胶, 膠水棒 /胶水棒
  • 固體膠 /固体胶 (gùtǐjiāo)solid adhesive tube
  • 膠水棒 /胶水棒 (jiāoshuǐbàng)solid adhesive tube
  • 口紅膠 /口红胶 (kǒuhóngjiāo)solid adhesive tube
Dutch plakstift
  • plakstiftsolid adhesive tube
Finnish liimapuikko
  • liimapuikkosolid adhesive tube
French bâton de colle
  • bâton de collesolid adhesive tube
German Klebestift
  • Klebestiftsolid adhesive tube
Hungarian stiftes ragasztó
  • stiftes ragasztósolid adhesive tube
Italian colla stick, colla a bastoncino
  • colla sticksolid adhesive tube
  • colla a bastoncinosolid adhesive tube
Polish klej w sztyfcie
  • klej w sztyfciesolid adhesive tube
Russian кле́ящий каранда́ш
  • кле́ящий каранда́ш (kléjaščij karandáš)solid adhesive tube
Spanish goma en barra
  • goma en barrasolid adhesive tube
Swedish limstift
  • limstiftsolid adhesive tube
Cite this entry
APA

glue stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glue%20stick

MLA

“glue stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glue%20stick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glue stick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glue%20stick.

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