flypaper

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

flytrap

fly-catcher

catching flies

fly paper

Translations

Fliegenfänger

acchiappamosche

papier tue-mouches

attrape-mouche

Fliegenpapier

vliegenstrip

Honigstreifen

papier tue-mouche

صائدة الذباب

sinek kağıdı

paper matamosques

αγοραία άμαξα αξίες

papier

attrape-mouches

Etymology

From fly + paper.