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unholster

unholster verb: to remove (a weapon) from its holster.

Verb

unholster (third-person singular simple present unholsters, present participle unholstering, simple past and past participle unholstered)

  1. (transitive) To remove (a weapon) from its holster.

Forms of unholster

third-person singular presentunholsters
present participleunholstering
past participleunholstered
pastunholstered

Origin of unholster

From un- + holster.

Questions about unholster

What does unholster mean?
Unholster means to remove (a weapon) from its holster.
What part of speech is unholster?
Unholster is a verb.
What is the past tense of unholster?
The past tense of unholster is unholstered.

Words near unholster in the dictionary

  1. unholing
  2. unholistic
  3. unhollow
  4. unhollowed
  5. unholpen
  6. unholster
  7. unholstered
  8. unholstering
  9. unholsters
  10. unholy
  11. unholy alliance

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