Word.ws English Dictionary

unsnibbing

unsnibbing is the present participle and gerund of unsnib.

Meaning of unsnib

Verb

unsnib (third-person singular simple present unsnibs, present participle unsnibbing, simple past and past participle unsnibbed)

  1. to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened.
    • Catherine unsnibbed the [toilet] door and came out. She smiled bravely and went to wash her hands.1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Part 2, at page 262 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)
    Synonyms:
    unbolt, unlatch, unfasten

Questions about unsnibbing

What is unsnibbing the present participle and gerund of?
Unsnibbing is the present participle and gerund of unsnib.

Words near unsnibbing in the dictionary

  1. unsneering
  2. unsneezed
  3. unsneezing
  4. unsnib
  5. unsnibbed
  6. unsnibbing
  7. unsnibs
  8. unsniffed
  9. unsnipped
  10. unsnobbish
  11. unsnobbishly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unsnibbing (page history and authors); unsnib (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: “unsnibbing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/unsnibbing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.