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unhaul

UK/ʌnˈhɔːl//ʌnˈhɔl/

unhaul verb: to get rid of (unwanted books).

Verb

unhaul (third-person singular simple present unhauls, present participle unhauling, simple past and past participle unhauled)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To get rid of (unwanted books).
    • So many people are unhauling Matched by Ally Condie & it's making me nervous bc I want to read it but I'm scared that it's bad xD2014 March 11, @thingslucyreads, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2024
    • So it's kind of a response to that, kind of just a general discussion about how and why I unhaul books. So like I said, I pretty regularly get rid of books.2015 December 10, rincey reads, 0:33 from the start, in Let's Talk | Unhauling Books #vlogmas, via YouTube, retrieved 04 Feb 2025

Noun

unhaul (plural unhauls)

  1. (Internet) The act of getting rid of unwanted books.
    • Hello and welcome to my first book unhaul. In this video I'm going to show you a group of books that I'm planning on donating in one form or another, whether or not it's to charity shops, book swaps, or maybe even to a giveaway.2012 November 23, Susie Kirk, 0:00 from the start, in BOOK UNHAUL! (1), via YouTube, retrieved 04 Feb 2025
    • I know! I've decided to do an unhaul so I'll bring some books to swap/give away...will probably make a video about it =)2014 January 16, @Charli952, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2024

Examples of unhaul in a sentence

  • Have you ever unhauled a book, or are you too attached to every book you own?2017 January 21, Maddie, Bee, “Our First Book Unhaul!”, in A Heart Full of Books, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2024:
  • I recently unhauled a large number of books from my shelves.2021 December 22, Malka, “The Benefits of Unhauling Books”, in Paper Procrastinators, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024:
  • Instead of unhauling all the books that we’ve read or no longer bring us joy, we hoard sentences and tabs like the author-monsters we are.2022, Sacha Black, The Anatomy of a Best Seller: 3 Steps to Deconstruct Winning Books and Teach Yourself Craft, […]:
  • In the years prior, I unhauled books either by donating to my local library when their donations box was open or at book drives my grad school hosted.2024 May 27, Jillian DeSousa, “Books I’ve Unhauled so Far in 2024”, in Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Blog, archived from the original on 27...

Forms of unhaul

Verb
third-person singular presentunhauls
present participleunhauling
past participleunhauled
pastunhauled
Noun
pluralunhauls

Origin of unhaul

From un- + haul (“showcase of recently-purchased items”). Although haul is used in general for any type of items, unhaul has come to be used particularly for books.

Words that rhyme with unhaul

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Questions about unhaul

What does unhaul mean?
Unhaul means to get rid of (unwanted books).
How do you use unhaul in a sentence?
Have you ever unhauled a book, or are you too attached to every book you own?
What part of speech is unhaul?
Unhaul can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce unhaul?
Unhaul is pronounced /ʌnˈhɔːl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of unhaul?
The past tense of unhaul is unhauled.

Words near unhaul in the dictionary

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

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