superglue

English

Etymology

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

Noun

superglue (countable and uncountable, plural superglues)

A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.
- (figurative)
  1986 April 12, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
  Our love is the superglue of our commitment, so we'll get by.

Translations

very strong glue

Chinese:
Cantonese: 萬能膠／万能胶 (maan⁶ nang⁴ gaau¹), 超能膠／超能胶 (ciu¹ nang⁴ gaau¹), AA膠／AA胶 (ei¹ ei¹ gaau¹)

Mandarin: 三秒膠／三秒胶
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: superliima, pikaliima
French: superglue f
German: Sekundenkleber (de) m, Superkleber m
Hungarian: pillanatragasztó (hu)
Mongolian: супер цавуу (super cavuu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: superlim n
Portuguese: supercola f
Romanian: adeziv instant m, lipici instant n
Russian: суперкле́й (ru) m (superkléj)
Spanish: pegamento instantáneo m, pegamento súper rápido m, supercola f
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Japon yapıştırıcısı

Verb

superglue (third-person singular simple present superglues, present participle supergluing or superglueing, simple past and past participle superglued)

To affix with superglue.

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