Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stey-puh l guhn]
- /ˈsteɪ pəl gʌn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stey-puh l guhn]
- /ˈsteɪ pəl gʌn/
Definitions of staple gun words
- noun staple gun a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples. 1
- noun staple gun a wire-stitching machine, especially one used in bookbinding. 1
- noun staple gun Also called staple gun. a hand-powered tool used for driving heavy-duty wire staples into wood and other materials. 1
- noun staple gun device: attaches papers 1
- countable noun staple gun A staple gun is a small machine used for forcing staples into wood or brick. 0
- noun staple gun a mechanism that fixes staples to a surface 0
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Origin of staple gun
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; staple1 + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Staple gun
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
staple gun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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