Tippex

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Tipp-Ex was originally (and may still be) a trademark of BIC corporation. Its use in the general sense is an example of trademark erosion.

Noun

Tippex (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, South Africa) A particular brand of correction fluid, sometimes used to mean correction fluid generally.

Translations

Verb

Tippex (third-person singular simple present Tippexes, present participle Tippexing, simple past and past participle Tippexed)

  1. (transitive) To delete using correction fluid.
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