deblouse
deblouse verb: to untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
Verb
deblouse (third-person singular simple present deblouses, present participle deblousing, simple past and past participle debloused)
- To untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
- Everybody had debloused their pants long ago to get air circulating.2013, Sean M. Maloney, Fighting for Afghanistan: A Rogue Historian at War, →ISBN
- To remove the blouse from.
- Rarely has a sexploitation flick managed to have it both ways: IMPROPER CONDUCT criticizes male-dominated power plays while offering viewers a voyeuristic peep at white-collar types abusing their power to deblouse their underlings.1994, James Pallot, The Motion Picture Guide 1995 Annual: The Films of 1994, →ISBN, page 177
- In his death, he strays in his mind to one day as a child when he stood naked and blind. Cruel trick of step children; he stood in the courtyard debloused, blindfolded and cold.2003, Brennan Chadwick Emerson, Windfall, →ISBN, page 34
Synonyms of deblouse
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Forms of deblouse
| third-person singular present | deblouses |
|---|---|
| present participle | deblousing |
| past participle | debloused |
| past | debloused |
Origin of deblouse
From de- + blouse.
Questions about deblouse
- What does deblouse mean?
- Deblouse means to untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
- What part of speech is deblouse?
- Deblouse is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deblouse?
- The past tense of deblouse is debloused.
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