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unbonneting

unbonneting is the present participle and gerund of unbonnet.

Meaning of unbonnet

Verb

unbonnet (third-person singular simple present unbonnets, present participle unbonneting or unbonnetting, simple past and past participle unbonneted or unbonnetted)

  1. (transitive) To remove a bonnet from.
    • Jacob received them with much gallantry, uncloaking and unbonnetting the ladies, assisted by his two staring and awkward auxiliaries, welcoming their husbands and fathers, and apologizing, as best he might, for the absence of his helpmate;1827, “A Christmas Party”, in The Atheneum; or, Spirit of the English Magazines, volume VII, second series, Boston: John Cotton, page 73
  2. (intransitive) To take off one's bonnet.
    • He cast his penetrating glance around, and then unbonneting to the Duke, he said respectfully, […]1830, [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 115

Questions about unbonneting

What is unbonneting the present participle and gerund of?
Unbonneting is the present participle and gerund of unbonnet.

Words near unbonneting in the dictionary

  1. unboned
  2. unbones
  3. unboning
  4. unbonnet
  5. unbonneted
  6. unbonneting
  7. unbonnets
  8. unbonnetted
  9. unbonnetting
  10. unbonny
  11. unbooed

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