superglue

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noun

A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.

“When assembling a model airplane, superglue works better than regular glue for holding the small parts together.”

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounsuperglue (countable and uncountable, plural superglues)

plural superglues

  1. countableuncountableA very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.

    When assembling a model airplane, superglue works better than regular glue for holding the small parts together.

    1 more example

    Matilda, holding the hat in one hand and a thin tube of Superglue in the other, proceeded to squeeze a thin line of glue very neatly all around the inside rim of the hat. Then she carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking-stick. She timed this operation very carefully, applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table.

    1988, Roald Dahl, “The Hat and the Superglue”, in Matilda, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 24
verbsuperglue (third-person singular simple present superglues, present participle supergluing or (uncommon) superglueing, simple past and past participle superglued)

present singular third person superglues · participle present supergluing · participle present uncommon superglueing · participle past superglued · past superglued

  1. transitiveTo affix with superglue.

Origin

From super- + glue, a genericized trademark held by Super Glue Corporation.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 萬能膠 /万能胶, 超能膠 /超能胶
  • 萬能膠 /万能胶 (maan⁶ nang⁴ gaau¹)very strong glue
  • 超能膠 /超能胶 (ciu¹ nang⁴ gaau¹)very strong glue
  • AA膠 /AA胶 (ei¹ ei¹ gaau¹)very strong glue
Chinese Mandarin 三秒膠 /三秒胶, 強力膠 /强力胶
  • 三秒膠 /三秒胶very strong glue
  • 強力膠 /强力胶 (qiánglìjiāo)very strong glue
Finnish superliima, pikaliima
  • superliimavery strong glue
  • pikaliimavery strong glue
French superglue
  • supergluevery strong glue
German Sekundenkleber, Superkleber
  • Sekundenklebervery strong glue
  • Superklebervery strong glue
Hebrew דֶּבֶק מַגָּע
  • דֶּבֶק מַגָּע (déveq magá')very strong glue
Hungarian pillanatragasztó
  • pillanatragasztóvery strong glue
Norwegian Bokmål superlim
  • superlimvery strong glue
Portuguese supercola
  • supercolavery strong glue
Romanian adeziv instant, lipici instant
  • adeziv instantvery strong glue
  • lipici instantvery strong glue
Russian суперкле́й
  • суперкле́й (superkléj)very strong glue
Spanish pegamento instantáneo, pegamento súper rápido
  • pegamento instantáneovery strong glue
  • pegamento súper rápidovery strong glue
  • supercolavery strong glue
  • trizvery strong glue
Turkish Japon yapıştırıcısı
  • Japon yapıştırıcısıvery strong glue
Cite this entry
APA

superglue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superglue

MLA

“superglue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superglue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superglue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superglue.

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