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unsnap

unsnap verb: to unfasten (something held by snaps).

Verb

unsnap (third-person singular simple present unsnaps, present participle unsnapping, simple past and past participle unsnapped)

  1. (transitive) To unfasten (something held by snaps).

Forms of unsnap

third-person singular presentunsnaps
present participleunsnapping
past participleunsnapped
pastunsnapped

Origin of unsnap

From un- + snap. Compare Dutch ontsnappen (“to elude; escape”, literally “to snap out of; break free from”).

Questions about unsnap

What does unsnap mean?
Unsnap means to unfasten (something held by snaps).
What part of speech is unsnap?
Unsnap is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsnap?
The past tense of unsnap is unsnapped.

Words near unsnap in the dictionary

  1. unsnaggles
  2. unsnaggling
  3. unsnags
  4. unsnakelike
  5. unsnaky
  6. unsnap
  7. unsnappable
  8. unsnapped
  9. unsnapping
  10. unsnaps
  11. unsnare

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