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destickering

destickering is the present participle and gerund of desticker.

Meaning of desticker

Verb

desticker (third-person singular simple present destickers, present participle destickering, simple past and past participle destickered)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove a sticker from.
    • Going through store, straightening, putting away books left lying around by customers. Tuesdays: New PLU list arrives, telling us which books are on the bestseller fixtures. These must be stickered/destickered.2002, Gayle Backstrom, I'd Rather be Working, page 230

Questions about destickering

What is destickering the present participle and gerund of?
Destickering is the present participle and gerund of desticker.

Words near destickering in the dictionary

  1. desthiobiotin
  2. desthiobiotinylated
  3. desthiobiotinylation
  4. desticker
  5. destickered
  6. destickering
  7. destickers
  8. Destiel
  9. destigmatisation
  10. destigmatise
  11. destigmatised

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