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unbacking

unbacking is the present participle and gerund of unback.

Meaning of unback

Verb

unback (third-person singular simple present unbacks, present participle unbacking, simple past and past participle unbacked)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove the back or backing from (something).
    • “When you go home,” resumed Josephine, “unback the miniature case and upon the surface opposite the painting you will find these words […]”1896, Ida Worden Wheeler, chapter 10, in Siegfried the Mystic, Boston: Arena Publishing Company, page 109
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive (a horse) of its rider.
    • Her horse againe this Princesse must vnbacke,1599, Henry Petowe, Philochasander and Elanira, London: Thomas Purfoot

Questions about unbacking

What is unbacking the present participle and gerund of?
Unbacking is the present participle and gerund of unback.

Words near unbacking in the dictionary

  1. unback
  2. unbackable
  3. unbackable favourite
  4. unbackable favourites
  5. unbacked
  6. unbacking
  7. unbacks
  8. unbackward
  9. unbadged
  10. unbadgered
  11. unbaffle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbacking (page history and authors); unback (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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