spackle

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verb

spack·​le ˈspa-kəl 

spackled; spackling ˈspa-k(ə-)liŋ 

transitive verb

: to apply Spackle paste or other crack-filling paste to

Spackle

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trademark

—used for a compound that is used as a filler for cracks or holes in a surface

Examples of spackle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The Hawkeyes have tried to spackle over their recruiting whiffs with portal additions, bringing in seven different quarterbacks since 2023, including five that have started at least one game in Iowa City. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 July 2026

The one that got me is not the strawberries themselves, but the fact that Megan spackled the front of her roll cake in almost like a little modesty garment. — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026

Get up close and observe the grit of the surface—Gnoli often mixed sand into his paint—and the pigment doesn’t seem applied by a brush so much as spackled onto the canvas. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 5 May 2026

And while the performances and the writing are still spackled with amusing barbs and observations about some of the grossest people in American life, The Audacity is missing a crucial forward momentum. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Spackle

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spackle

• cackle
• crackle
• hackle
• jackal
• shackle
• tackle
• vakil
• demoniacal
• ramshackle
• tabernacle
• zodiacal