spackling

Variant of Spackle

Spackle definition

☆ Spackle (spak′əl)

a powdery substance mixed with water to form a paste that dries hard, used to fill holes, cracks, etc. in wallboard, wood, etc.

Etymology: prob. adapted < Ger spachtel, spatula, spachteln, to fill or smooth (a surface), ult. < L spatula: see spatula

noun

this substance

transitive verb spackled -·led, spackling -·ling

to fill, or cover the holes, etc. in, with spackle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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