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Definition: UNSLING |
UNSLINGTransitive verb1. To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. |
Date "UNSLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1912. (references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unsling | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UNSLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرتاب کردن (Hurl, Jaculate, Pelt, Project, Shoot, Shove, Sling, Slog, Thrust), ازفلاخن پرتاب کردن , رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | levesz (get off, photograph, pull off, take off, to get down, to unbuckle, to uncloak, to unmask, to unsling, unslung), lecsatol (to unbuckle, to unsling, unbuckle, unslung, unstrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingunslay askıdan indirmek. (various references) cởi dây móc, cởi dây đeo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "UNSLING": unslinging, unslings. (additional references) | |
Words containing "UNSLING": gunslinger, gunslingers, gunslinging, gunslingings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: lungis, sluing. | |
-2 letters: iglus, lings, linns, lungi, lungs, sling, slung, suing, using. | |
-3 letters: gins, gnus, guls, guns, iglu, inns, ling, linn, lins, lugs, lung, nils, nuns, sign, sing, slug, snug, sung, sunn. | |
-4 letters: gin, gnu, gul, gun, inn, ins, lin, lis, lug, nil, nun, nus, sin, sun, uns. | |
-5 letters: in, is, li, nu, si, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: nursling, unslings. | |
+2 letters: anilingus, bundlings, bunglings, ensouling, gunflints, insouling, insulting, linguines, linguinis, nonguilts, nurslings, snuffling, snuggling, unclosing, unlashing, unloosing, unmingles, unsealing, unselling, unsmiling. | |
+3 letters: consulting, convulsing, counseling, flouncings, foundlings, gunslinger, insculping, insulating, lanuginous, nebulising, nonplusing, sanguinely, soundingly, spelunking, stunningly, unblushing, unclasping, underlings, unleashing, unpleasing, unsaddling, unsettling, unshelling, unslinging, unsnarling, unsteeling, unveilings, younglings. | |
+4 letters: agglutinins, angulations, anilinguses, antifungals, confusingly, counselings, counselling, cunnilingus, encapsuling, gainfulness, groundlings, gunslingers, gunslinging, indulgences, ingeniously, ingenuously, insultingly, insurgently, langoustine, languidness, languishing, luminescing, mudslinging, nonplussing, nonsurgical, spelunkings, squintingly, sulfonating, supplanting, unceasingly, ungainliest, ungodliness, unloosening, unshackling, unsoldering, unsparingly, unstartling, vulcanising. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 53 4C 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... .-.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01010011 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N S L I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0053 004C 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55485346434841 |
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