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Definition: Unhook |
UnhookVerb1. Take off a hook. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unhook" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references) |
| Antonym: hook (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unhook |
| Specialty definitions using "unhook": TICKET TAKER, FERRYBOAT. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now will you unhook me already? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Unhook the Stars (1996) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | If I were to unhook this weight, and let go, it would fall to the ground. |
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| "Unhook" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "Unhook" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 81.25% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unhook": unhook time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bra unhook | 21 |
unhook | 5 |
bra hand one unhook | 4 |
unhook the star | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unhook"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhvar, shkëput (abstract, detach, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, distract, disunite, extract, rip off, tear, tear off, tear up, uncouple, unfix, unstrap), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unpin, unstring), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نزع من الخطاف, حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разкопчавам (unbutton, undo), откопчавам (trip, unbuckle, unbutton, unclasp), откачам (declutch, get down, slip, uncouple, unfasten, unfix, unhang, unlink, unpeg, unyoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 解开 (Disengaged, Disengaging, unbuckle, Undid, undo, undoing, undone, unfasten, unfastened, unfastening, Unhooked, unleash, Unlink, unravel, untangle, untangled, untangling, untie, untied, Untighten, untying, unwind, unwinding, unwound, unwrap, unwrapped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyháknout, sejmout z háèku, rozepnout (spread, unbrace, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unfold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ventetid (access motion time, access time, break in the work, dead time, delay time, down time, dwell, head positioning time, hold, latency, or disk heads or at the end of an acoustic tank, rotational delay, rotational delay-time, rotational latency, search time, seek time, the time spent waiting for the desired location to appear under the drum, time stood-off, time-out, unhook time, waiting time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | loshaken, afhaken (uncouple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | dekroĉi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ازقلاب بازکردن , رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling), شل کردن (Jellify, Lax, Loosen, Relax, Slack, Unbend, Unbind, Unbrace, Unhitch, Unloose, Unstring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | päästää hakasista, avata (inaugurate, open, switch on, turn on, unbuckle, unbutton, uncork, undo, unfasten, unlock, unstrap, untie, unwrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dégrafer (unclasp, unstaple), défaire (unclasp, undo, unfasten, unpack, unpick, unravel, unstop, unswathe, untie, untwist, unwrap), décrocher (to unlatch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | loshaken, aufhaken (unclasp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεκρεμώ (unhang), λύνω (loosen, resolve, solve, unbind, unclasp, uncouple, unhitch, unlace, untie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"סיר מן "וו. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | leakaszt (to get down, to unhook, unhang), kiakaszt (hang out, threw, thrown, to freak sy out, to hang out, to throw, to unhinge, to unhook, to zap, unhinge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sganciare (be unhooked, ckeck off, drop, fork out, tick off, uncouple, undo, unfasten), aprire (begin, bloom, carve, open, open up, prize, pry, put up, set up, slit, switch on, turn on, unlock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gow yn dooan ass, goaill neose croagane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ookunhay desengatar-se, desengatar (declutch, disengage, uncouple, ungear, unlink), desenganchar-se, desenganchar. (various references) scoate din cârlig. (various references) снять с крючка, расстегнуть крючки, отцепить. (various references) otkačiti (uncouple, unfasten, unhang, unlink). (various references) desenganchar (disengage, release). (various references) knäppa upp (unbutton, unclasp), haka av. (various references) kancasını çıkarmak, kancadan kurtulmak, kancadan çıkarmak, çengelini çıkarmak. (various references) розстібатися, розстібати (unbutton, unclasp, unpin), відчиплятися, відчипляти. (various references) dadfachu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "unhook": unhooked, unhooking, unhooks. (additional references) | |
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"Unhook" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahhhooo, kunchok, Kunihiko, Uhhuh, uncook. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unhook" (pronounced unhuh"k) |
| 3 | -h uh" k | hook. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-k-n-o-o-u" | |
-2 letters: honk, hook, hunk, nook. | |
-3 letters: hon, hun, noh, noo, oho, ooh. | |
-4 letters: ho, no, nu, oh, on, uh, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-k-n-o-o-u" | |
+1 letter: unhooks. | |
+2 letters: unhooked. | |
+3 letters: rockhound, unbookish, unhooking. | |
+4 letters: buttonhook, rockhounds. | |
+5 letters: buttonhooks, housebroken. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 68 6F 6F 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .... --- --- -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101000 01101111 01101111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n h o o k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0068 006F 006F 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558074818177 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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