decal

Clipping of decalcomania.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.kæl/
• (US, Central Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/

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• (Western Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəl/

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• Rhymes: (US, Central Canada, General Australian) -æl, (Western Canada) -ɛkəl

decal (plural decals)

1. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
2. (US) A decorative sticker.
   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 91:

     Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn.

   • 1971, John Prine (lyrics and music), “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine:

     But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.

decal (third-person singular simple present decals, present participle decaling or decalling, simple past and past participle decaled or decalled)

1. (transitive) To apply decals to.

• Cadle, E.D. Cal., cadel, clade, laced