su·per·glue
ˈsü-pər-ˌglü 
variants
or super glue
or less commonly super-glue
plural superglues or super glues also super-glues
: a very strong glue : crazy glue
specifically
: a glue whose chief ingredient is a cyanoacrylate that becomes adhesive through polymerization rather than evaporation of a solvent
variants
or less commonly super-glue
or super glue
superglued also super-glued or super glued; supergluing or superglueing also super-gluing or super-glueing or super gluing or super glueing; superglues also super-glues or super glues
: to cause to stick tightly with or as if with a very strong adhesive : crazy-glue
… Miles Roby came downstairs to prepare for the breakfast shift and found a man slumped over the counter, his forehead flat on the Formica, as if it had been superglued there.—
Richard Russo
Richard RussoPolls show increasing support for clean energy, but most Republicans are superglued to the other side.—Michael Grunwald
Michael GrunwaldExamples of superglue in a Sentence
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Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2019
Hopefully your first-aid kit has tweezers, because some of the alternatives—like superglue on a cotton swab—have the potential to go seriously wrong.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Naturally, this storyline was all playing out in an episode that also featured a wannabe Bachelor contestant supergluing herself to the Bachelor Mansion driveway in front of Joey Graziadei.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Zenzal attaches the transmitters to hummingbirds’ backs using a tiny drop of superglue and a larger dab of eyelash glue, which is nontoxic and will eventually come off without hurting the birds.
—Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2019
Hopefully your first-aid kit has tweezers, because some of the alternatives—like superglue on a cotton swab—have the potential to go seriously wrong.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
Verb
In 2022, Succession actor James Cromwell — in partnership with PETA — superglued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York City in protest of the upcharge.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Naturally, this storyline was all playing out in an episode that also featured a wannabe Bachelor contestant supergluing herself to the Bachelor Mansion driveway in front of Joey Graziadei.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Superglue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superglue. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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superglue
noun
su·per·glue
ˈsü-pər-ˌglü
: a very strong glue
specifically
: a glue whose chief ingredient is cyanoacrylate that becomes adhesive through polymerization rather than evaporation of a solvent
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