Blu-Tack

English thumb|Blu-Tack Etymology From a brand name, from en blue tack. Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Blu-Tack.ogg AU Noun - blu-tack en British Ireland NZ Australia A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces. en 2024 January 10 Chris Gilson RAIL's famous five... RAIL 1000 27 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). Related terms en tack<id:stickiness of a material><pos:n> tack up<id:attach temporarily, transitively> tacky#Adjective Translations putty-like adhesive Afrikaans: af wondergom, af prestik Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 藍丁膠 lándīngjiāo, cmn 寶貼 bǎotiē, cmn 泥膠 níjiāo Finnish: fi sinitarra Icelandic: is kennaratyggjó n Spanish: es Blu-Tack m Swedish: sv häftmassa c, sv kladdmassa c, sv klet n, sv kludd n Turkish: tr hamur yapıştırıcı See also en mastic#English:_any of various cements Verb blu-tack en British Ireland NZ Australia To fix with Blu-Tack. en The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place. Further reading Blu Tack en en genericized trademarks