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respool

respool verb: to wind back onto a spool.

Verb

respool (third-person singular simple present respools, present participle respooling, simple past and past participle respooled)

  1. (transitive) To wind back onto a spool.
  2. (transitive) To place (data) back on a queue for later transmission.
    • The failed print job was respooled by the operating system.

Forms of respool

third-person singular presentrespools
present participlerespooling
past participlerespooled
pastrespooled

Origin of respool

From re- + spool.

Words formed from respool

Questions about respool

What does respool mean?
Respool means to wind back onto a spool.
What part of speech is respool?
Respool is a verb.
What is the past tense of respool?
The past tense of respool is respooled.

Words near respool in the dictionary

  1. responsorium
  2. responsors
  3. responsory
  4. responsum
  5. responsure
  6. respool
  7. respooled
  8. respooler
  9. respoolers
  10. respooling
  11. respools

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