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unbacks

unbacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 unbacks

What is unbacks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unback.

Words near unbacks in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbacks (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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