unclip

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verb

To release something by removing a clip.

Opposite
clip
OriginEnglish clip ← Middle English clippen ← Old English clyppan →
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Meanings

verbunclip (third-person singular simple present unclips, present participle unclipping, simple past and past participle unclipped)

present singular third person unclips · participle present unclipping · participle past unclipped · past unclipped

  1. To release something by removing a clip.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove the clip from

Opposite
clip
Broader
undo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*b(ʰ)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gelb(ʰ)-
  12. Proto-Germanic*klupjaną
  13. Old Englishclyppan
  14. Middle Englishclippen
  15. Englishclip
  16. Englishunclip

From un- + clip.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Culpin
Cite this entry
APA

unclip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclip

MLA

“unclip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unclip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclip.

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