1. a device used to fasten papers together by driving metal staples through them

Examples

• She used the stapler to attach the report pages together.
• The office stapler ran out of staples during the busy morning.
• Can you pass me the stapler so I can bind these documents?
• The heavy-duty stapler can handle up to fifty sheets at once.
• He loaded new staples into the empty stapler.
• The teacher kept a red stapler on her desk for student use.