unbutton
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ʌnˈbʌtən/
Definition of unbutton
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
“Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach”
“"Mr Baxter, I think?" said the latter. He had laid aside his dripping umbrella and was unbuttoning overcoat and coat to reach an inner pocket.”
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verb
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(ambitransitive)To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
“Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach”
“"Mr Baxter, I think?" said the latter. He had laid aside his dripping umbrella and was unbuttoning overcoat and coat to reach an inner pocket.”
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(ergative, intransitive)To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
“He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button.
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