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hyperfixating

hyperfixating is the present participle and gerund of hyperfixate.

Meaning of hyperfixate

Verb

hyperfixate (third-person singular simple present hyperfixates, present participle hyperfixating, simple past and past participle hyperfixated)

  1. To completely obsess or be absorbed in a subject or hobby to a point where a person appears to completely tune out their surroundings and where the person repeatedly returns to said subject or material; to have a hyperfixation.
    • I've been hyperfixating on obscure progressive rock bands all month.

Questions about hyperfixating

What is hyperfixating the present participle and gerund of?
Hyperfixating is the present participle and gerund of hyperfixate.

Words near hyperfixating in the dictionary

  1. hyperfitness
  2. hyperfix
  3. hyperfixate
  4. hyperfixated
  5. hyperfixates
  6. hyperfixating
  7. hyperfixation
  8. hyperfixations
  9. hyperfixed
  10. hyperfixes
  11. hyperfixing

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