Meanings
nounstickum (countable and uncountable, plural stickums)
plural stickums
- CanadaUScountableinformaluncountableAny adhesive, adhesive residue; any sticky or gummy substance.
A strip of muslin swaddles his privates, fixed by means of pine stickum to his belly and buttocks.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 161 more example
He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Origin
From stick + variant of 'em, him.
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APA
stickum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickum
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“stickum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stickum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickum.
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