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unicorning

unicorning is the present participle and gerund of unicorn.

Meaning of unicorn

Verb

unicorn (third-person singular simple present unicorns, present participle unicorning, simple past and past participle unicorned)

  1. (slang) To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.
    • Katja*, 27, has unicorned on two separate occasions.2017 January 13, E.J. Dickson, “This is why you haven't had a threesome yet”, in New York Post
  2. To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.
    • Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.2014 November 3, Itay Hod, “The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals”, in Daily Beast

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Questions about unicorning

What is unicorning the present participle and gerund of?
Unicorning is the present participle and gerund of unicorn.

Words near unicorning in the dictionary

  1. unicorneal
  2. unicorned
  3. unicornfish
  4. unicornfishes
  5. unicornic
  6. unicorning
  7. unicornity
  8. unicornlike
  9. unicornous
  10. unicorns
  11. unicornuate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unicorning (page history and authors); unicorn (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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