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rerub

rerub verb: to rub again.

Verb

rerub (third-person singular simple present rerubs, present participle rerubbing, simple past and past participle rerubbed)

  1. (transitive) To rub again.

Forms of rerub

third-person singular presentrerubs
present participlererubbing
past participlererubbed
pastrerubbed

Origin of rerub

From re- + rub.

Questions about rerub

What does rerub mean?
Rerub means to rub again.
What part of speech is rerub?
Rerub is a verb.
What is the past tense of rerub?
The past tense of rerub is rerubbed.

Words near rerub in the dictionary

  1. reroutings
  2. rerow
  3. rerowed
  4. rerowing
  5. rerows
  6. rerub
  7. rerubbed
  8. rerubbing
  9. rerubs
  10. rerun
  11. rerunnable

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