English Explanatory Dictionary

flypaper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
verb
  1. To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.

Pronunciation

/ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/

Word forms

flypaper flypapers flypapering flypapered

Etymology

From fly + paper.

Synonyms

fly ribbon

Derived words

flypaper strip flypaper theory
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