Definition of Staple gun

1. Noun. A hand-held machine for driving staples home.

Exact synonyms: Staplegun, Tacker
Generic synonyms: Machine
Derivative terms: Tack

Definition of Staple gun

1. Noun. A heavy-duty device for driving staples directly into wood or other material. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Staple Gun

staphylococcuses
staphylokinase
staphylokinases
staphyloma
staphylomata
staphylomatous
staphyloplastic
staphyloplasties
staphyloplasty
staphylotomies
staphylotomy
staphyloxanthin
staple
staple character
staple characters
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staple guns
staple puller
staple pullers
staple remover
staple removers
stapled
staplegun
stapleless
staplelike
stapler
staplers
staples
stapling
stapling machine

Literary usage of Staple gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"staple gun. Put together decorations. • Aluminum foil. Use to wrap carpet tubes, boxes, bricks, make palm tree leaves, etc. • Flame retardant crepe paper. ..."

2. Submarine Mines and Torpedoes: As Applied to Harbour Defence by John Townsend Bucknill (1889)
"... but it is difficult to remove all traces of acid from long staple gun-cotton, and the other devices described are consequently preferable. ..."

3. Annual Reports of the Navy Department: Report of the Secretary of the Navy by United States Navy Dept (1893)
"... after sounding the alarm, to throw the tank of long-staple gun cotton out of the building, to turn on the sprinklers in the final drying room, ..."

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