<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.</li><li>a similar, often U-shaped piece of wire or metal with pointed ends for driving into a surface to hold a hasp, hook, pin, bolt, wire, or the like.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to secure or fasten by a staple or staples: to staple three sheets together.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>