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retack

retack verb: to tack again.

Verb

retack (third-person singular simple present retacks, present participle retacking, simple past and past participle retacked)

  1. To tack again.

Forms of retack

third-person singular presentretacks
present participleretacking
past participleretacked
pastretacked

Origin of retack

From re- + tack.

Questions about retack

What does retack mean?
Retack means to tack again.
What part of speech is retack?
Retack is a verb.
What is the past tense of retack?
The past tense of retack is retacked.

Words near retack in the dictionary

  1. retabulate
  2. retabulated
  3. retabulates
  4. retabulating
  5. retabulation
  6. retack
  7. retacked
  8. retacking
  9. retackle
  10. retackled
  11. retackles

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