restick

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verb

To stick (adhere) again or anew.

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Meanings

verbrestick (third-person singular simple present resticks, present participle resticking, simple past and past participle restuck)

present singular third person resticks · participle present resticking · participle past restuck · past restuck

  1. ambitransitiveTo stick (adhere) again or anew.

    Cross a gecko with a mussel and what comes out is a new type of adhesive tape that can repeatedly stick and restick, even underwater.

    2007 July 24, Kenneth Chang, “Design by Gecko, Plus Glue by Mussel, Yields a Powerful Adhesive”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + stick.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stickerricketsSickert
Cite this entry
APA

restick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restick

MLA

“restick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restick.

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