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unhatting

unhatting is the present participle and gerund of unhat.

Meaning of unhat

Verb

unhat (third-person singular simple present unhats, present participle unhatting, simple past and past participle unhatted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.
    • My hat clapped on a deal faster than it had come off, for you must know we unhatted in those days with a grand, slow bow.1902, Agnes Christina Laut, Heralds of Empire

Noun

unhatting (plural unhattings)

  1. The removal of one's hat.
    • Such extreme instances yield verifications, if there need any, of the conclusion that the mutual bows, and courtesies, and unhattings, among ourselves, are remnants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.1878, Popular Science, volume 13, number 9, page 162

Forms of unhatting

pluralunhattings

Questions about unhatting

What does unhatting mean?
Unhatting means the removal of one's hat.
What is unhatting the present participle and gerund of?
Unhatting is the present participle and gerund of unhat.
What part of speech is unhatting?
Unhatting is a noun.
What is the plural of unhatting?
The plural of unhatting is unhattings.

Words near unhatting in the dictionary

  1. unhates
  2. unhating
  3. unhatingly
  4. unhats
  5. unhatted
  6. unhatting
  7. unhattings
  8. unhaul
  9. unhauled
  10. unhauling
  11. unhauls

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