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gluey

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glue⋅y

  [gloo-ee]
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–adjective, glu⋅i⋅er, glu⋅i⋅est.
1. like glue; viscid; sticky.
2. full of or smeared with glue.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see glue, -y 1

Related forms:
glu⋅ey⋅ness, noun
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glue   (glōō)   
n.  

    1. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.

    2. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.

  2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.

tr.v.   glued, glu·ing, glues

  1. To stick or fasten with or as if with glue.

  2. To fasten on something attentively: Our eyes were glued to the stage.


[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.]
glu'ey adj., glu'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
gluey

and gluer
  1. n.
    a person, usually a teenager, who sniffs glue. (Drugs.) : Teddy is a gluey. That's why he's failing in school.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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