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retorque

retorque verb: to torque again or anew.

Verb

retorque (third-person singular simple present retorques, present participle retorquing, simple past and past participle retorqued)

  1. (transitive) To torque again or anew.
    • In T.S.B. 09-028 issued on May 2, Honda says the noise, which comes at slow speeds, may be from incorrectly torqued mounting bolts, which need to be retorqued.2009 July 26, Scott Sturgis, “The Ghost in the Infiniti”, in New York Times
  2. (obsolete) To turn back.

Forms of retorque

third-person singular presentretorques
present participleretorquing
past participleretorqued
pastretorqued

Origin of retorque

From re- + torque.

Questions about retorque

What does retorque mean?
Retorque means to torque again or anew.
What part of speech is retorque?
Retorque is a verb.
What is the past tense of retorque?
The past tense of retorque is retorqued.

Words near retorque in the dictionary

  1. retops
  2. retore
  3. retorn
  4. retornado
  5. retornados
  6. retorque
  7. retorqued
  8. retorquing
  9. retorsion
  10. retorsions
  11. retort

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