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unholstering

unholstering is the present participle and gerund of unholster.

Meaning of unholster

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.

Questions about unholstering

What is unholstering the present participle and gerund of?
Unholstering is the present participle and gerund of unholster.

Words near unholstering in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unholstering (page history and authors); unholster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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