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restuck

restuck is the simple past and past participle of restick.

Meaning of restick

Verb

restick (third-person singular simple present resticks, present participle resticking, simple past and past participle restuck)

  1. (ambitransitive) To stick (adhere) again or anew.
    • Cross a gecko with a mussel and what comes out is a new type of adhesive tape that can repeatedly stick and restick, even underwater.2007 July 24, Kenneth Chang, “Design by Gecko, Plus Glue by Mussel, Yields a Powerful Adhesive”, in New York Times

Questions about restuck

What is restuck the simple past and past participle of?
Restuck is the simple past and past participle of restick.

Words near restuck in the dictionary

  1. restucco
  2. restuccoed
  3. restuccoes
  4. restuccoing
  5. restuccos
  6. restuck
  7. restudied
  8. restudies
  9. restudy
  10. restudying
  11. restuff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restuck (page history and authors); restick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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