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untrunk

untrunk verb: to remove from a trunk.

Verb

untrunk (third-person singular simple present untrunks, present participle untrunking, simple past and past participle untrunked)

  1. To remove from a trunk.
    • She went at once to the green room and untrunking her writing materials drew the lone chair up to the gable window.1907, Marion T. Davis Barton, An Experiment in Perfection, page 352
    • Many authentic costumes were untrunked for the event.1948 May, The Rotarian, volume 72, number 5, page 44

Forms of untrunk

third-person singular presentuntrunks
present participleuntrunking
past participleuntrunked
pastuntrunked

Origin of untrunk

From un- + trunk.

Questions about untrunk

What does untrunk mean?
Untrunk means to remove from a trunk.
What part of speech is untrunk?
Untrunk is a verb.
What is the past tense of untrunk?
The past tense of untrunk is untrunked.

Words near untrunk in the dictionary

  1. untruly
  2. untrumpable
  3. untrumped
  4. untrumpeted
  5. untruncated
  6. untrunk
  7. untrunked
  8. untrunking
  9. untrunks
  10. untruss
  11. untrussed

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