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unblouse

/ʌnˈblaʊs/

unblouse verb: to untuck (leggings from footwear); to make (pants or trousers) unrestricted or untightened at the ankle, often as a sign of rank or service.

Verb

unblouse (third-person singular simple present unblouses, present participle unblousing, simple past and past participle unbloused)

  1. To untuck (leggings from footwear); to make (pants or trousers) unrestricted or untightened at the ankle, often as a sign of rank or service.
    • Some straight legs caught a trooper at the post exchange (PX) one day and made him unblouse his boots.2002, Jack Allsup, Mountains of Hope, page 50
    • "Alright men. Lay your ponchos out on the ground and take everything out of your rucksacks. Empty your pockets, too. Everything goes on the poncho. Hurry up! We haven't got all day.
      "You, Parker! Unblouse those boots. Do it! What's all this shit? Cans of Spam. Tuna fish. Nice try, Asshole. Okay...2003, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Bank's Bandits, page 162
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To remove one's blouse (from).
    • Am I awfully sunburnt? Miss Bronze unbloused her neck.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    • Unblouse yourself and be getting your clothes off.2001, Dario Fo, Franca Rame, We won't pay! We won't pay! and other plays: the collected plays of Dario Fo, page 173

Antonyms of unblouse

Forms of unblouse

third-person singular presentunblouses
present participleunblousing
past participleunbloused
pastunbloused

Origin of unblouse

From un- + blouse.

Words that rhyme with unblouse

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Questions about unblouse

What does unblouse mean?
Unblouse means to untuck (leggings from footwear); to make (pants or trousers) unrestricted or untightened at the ankle, often as a sign of rank or service.
What part of speech is unblouse?
Unblouse is a verb.
How do you pronounce unblouse?
Unblouse is pronounced /ʌnˈblaʊs/.
What is the past tense of unblouse?
The past tense of unblouse is unbloused.

Words near unblouse in the dictionary

  1. unblossomed
  2. unblossoming
  3. unblotched
  4. unblotchy
  5. unblotted
  6. unblouse
  7. unbloused
  8. unblouses
  9. unblousing
  10. unblowable
  11. unblowed

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