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tarmacked

tarmacked is the simple past and past participle of tarmac.

Meaning of tarmac

Verb

tarmac (third-person singular simple present tarmacs, present participle tarmacking or tarmacing or tarmaccing, simple past and past participle tarmacked or tarmaced or tarmacced)

  1. (Canada, UK) To pave with tarmacadam or a similar material.
    • To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area.2008, Valerie Belsey, Exploring Green Lanes in North and North-West Devon, →ISBN, page 108
  2. To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.
    • "It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.1989, Donald F. Wood, James C. Johnson, Contemporary Transportation, →ISBN, page 213

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Forms of tarmacked

comparativemore tarmacked
superlativemost tarmacked

Words formed from tarmacked

Questions about tarmacked

What is tarmacked the simple past and past participle of?
Tarmacked is the simple past and past participle of tarmac.

Words near tarmacked in the dictionary

  1. tarmacadams
  2. tarmacced
  3. tarmaccing
  4. tarmaced
  5. tarmacing
  6. tarmacked
  7. tarmacking
  8. tarmacky
  9. tarmacs
  10. Tarman
  11. Tarmans

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