Word.ws English Dictionary

unkirking

unkirking is the present participle and gerund of unkirk.

Meaning of unkirk

Verb

unkirk (third-person singular simple present unkirks, present participle unkirking, simple past and past participle unkirked)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) Synonym of unchurch.
    Synonyms:
    unchurch

Questions about unkirking

What is unkirking the present participle and gerund of?
Unkirking is the present participle and gerund of unkirk.

Words near unkirking in the dictionary

  1. unkinks
  2. unkinky
  3. unkippered
  4. unkirk
  5. unkirked
  6. unkirking
  7. unkirks
  8. unkirtled
  9. unkiss
  10. unkissable
  11. unkissably

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unkirking (page history and authors); unkirk (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “unkirking.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/unkirking. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.