flypaper
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flypaper
- /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From fly + paper.
noun flypapers
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A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
"What did I tell you? The thing clings like a flypaper," Josella observed to me.
Similar: fly ribbon
verb flypapers · flypapering · flypapered
- To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper. He gets flypapered by a task that should be turned over to a subordinate.
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noun flypaper
| Español | papel matamoscas |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 蝿取り紙 haetorigami |
| 中文 | 捕蠅紙 /捕蝇纸 bǔyíngzhǐ |
| Português | papel mata-moscas |
| Français | papier tue-mouches, papier à mouches, papier colle-mouches, attrape-mouche |
| Deutsch | Fliegenpapier, Fliegenfänger, Honigstreifen |
| Italiano | acchiappamosche |
| Русский | липу́чка для мух lipúčka dlja mux |
Talk about this word "flypaper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flypaper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flypaper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flypaper "flypaper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flypaper.
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@misc{flypaper_2026,
title = {flypaper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flypaper},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
