unspring

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verb

To release or be released by means of a spring.

“to unspring a trap”

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Meanings

verbunspring (third-person singular simple present unsprings, present participle unspringing, simple past unsprang or unsprung, past participle unsprung)

present singular third person unsprings · participle present unspringing · past unsprang · past unsprung · participle past unsprung

  1. ambitransitiveTo release or be released by means of a spring.

    There was a click and the unspringing of a latch.

    2010, Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, Gift with Purchase
  2. transitiveTo undo the springing of (a mechanism).

    to unspring a trap

Origin

From un- + spring.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ringspunspurning
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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