staplegun
4.5
A hand tool that pushes metal staples into wood or fabric
- noun
- /ˈsteɪplˌɡʌn/
:
grampadora
- She carefully handled the staplegun as she stapled the canvas for her art project.
Examples
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All right, so that machine was a staplegun.
Fiction book (1999) -
The audience of office execs laughs politely as the comedian describes how his uncle used to do the work of two stapleguns when he was really going strong.
Fiction book (1999) -
The carpenter used a staplegun to fasten the fabric to the wooden frame.
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With a staplegun, you can quickly attach the insulation to the walls.
Synonyms
staple gun
vsstaplegun
7
3.6
A hand tool that pushes metal clips into wood or fabric to hold them
is suited to general use including fabric rather than only heavy jobs
tacker
vsstaplegun
7.6
A hand tool that pushes staples into materials to hold them together
is used more across materials like fabric rather than mainly for fastening items
How Powerful
Surface Forms
staplegun singular
stapleguns plural
Morphology
Etymology
Staplegun is easy to remember: it joins staple (a small metal 'fastener' like the ones in your office) and gun (a tool that 'shoots'). So a staplegun is a hand tool that 'shoots' staples into wood, fabric, or other materials.