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repush

repush verb: to push again.

Verb

repush (third-person singular simple present repushes, present participle repushing, simple past and past participle repushed)

  1. (transitive) To push again.
    • If the instrument was accidentally activated, the careless user had those five seconds to repush the button to put things right.2000, Garnett, Cliff, Sky Fire, Signet, page 53
    • It is not necessary to repush the start button, because the snap-action switch remains in the start position after pushing.1969, Charles I. Hubert, Preventive Maintenance of Electrical Equipment, McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 319

Forms of repush

third-person singular presentrepushes
present participlerepushing
past participlerepushed
pastrepushed

Origin of repush

re- + push

Questions about repush

What does repush mean?
Repush means to push again.
What part of speech is repush?
Repush is a verb.
What is the past tense of repush?
The past tense of repush is repushed.

Words near repush in the dictionary

  1. repursue
  2. repursued
  3. repursues
  4. repursuing
  5. repursuit
  6. repush
  7. repushed
  8. repushes
  9. repushing
  10. reput
  11. reputability

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