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tackifying

tackifying is the present participle and gerund of tackify.

Meaning of tackify

Verb

tackify (third-person singular simple present tackifies, present participle tackifying, simple past and past participle tackified)

  1. (transitive) To make (a material) tacky.
    • to tackify rubber

Questions about tackifying

What is tackifying the present participle and gerund of?
Tackifying is the present participle and gerund of tackify.

Words near tackifying in the dictionary

  1. tackified
  2. tackifier
  3. tackifiers
  4. tackifies
  5. tackify
  6. tackifying
  7. tackily
  8. tackiness
  9. tackinesses
  10. tacking
  11. tacking about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tackifying (page history and authors); tackify (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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