respool

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verb

To wind back onto a spool.

“The failed print job was respooled by the operating system.”

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Meanings

verbrespool (third-person singular simple present respools, present participle respooling, simple past and past participle respooled)

present singular third person respools · participle present respooling · participle past respooled · past respooled

  1. transitiveTo wind back onto a spool.
  2. transitivecomputingTo place (data) back on a queue for later transmission.

    The failed print job was respooled by the operating system.

Origin

From re- + spool.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

spooler
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APA

respool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respool

MLA

“respool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respool. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respool,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respool.

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