"defrag" meaning in English

See defrag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːˈfɹæɡ/ [UK] Audio: en-uk-defrag.ogg Forms: defrags [present, singular, third-person], defragging [participle, present], defragged [participle, past], defragged [past]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: Shortened from defragment. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} defrag (third-person singular simple present defrags, present participle defragging, simple past and past participle defragged)
  1. (transitive, computing) Clipping of defragment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, transitive Alternative form of: defragment Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: defragger

Inflected forms

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