unsocket

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verb

To loosen or remove from a socket.

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Meanings

verbunsocket (third-person singular simple present unsockets, present participle unsocketing, simple past and past participle unsocketed)

present singular third person unsockets · participle present unsocketing · participle past unsocketed · past unsocketed

  1. archaictransitiveTo loosen or remove from a socket.

    It racks his Joints, unsockets all his Bones.

    a. 1711, Thomas Ken, On the Passion

Origin

From un- + socket.

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Cite this entry
APA

unsocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsocket

MLA

“unsocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsocket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsocket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsocket.

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