FLYPAPER meaning: Sticky paper for trapping flies

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word flypaper:

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flypaper: Merriam-Webster
flypaper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
flypaper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
flypaper: Collins English Dictionary
flypaper: Vocabulary.com
Flypaper, flypaper: Wordnik
flypaper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
flypaper: Wiktionary
flypaper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
flypaper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
flypaper: Infoplease Dictionary
flypaper: Dictionary.com
Flypaper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
flypaper: Rhymezone
flypaper: FreeDictionary.org
flypaper: Mnemonic Dictionary
flypaper: TheFreeDictionary.com
flypaper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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flypaper: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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

Opposite:

non-stick surface, repellent surface

Phrases:

flypaper theory, more...

Adjectives:

sticky, sweet, new, yellow, fashioned, molecular, bright, human

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