unsuction

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verb

To remove suction, such as when suction cups become detached.

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Meanings

verbunsuction (third-person singular simple present unsuctions, present participle unsuctioning, simple past and past participle unsuctioned)

present singular third person unsuctions · participle present unsuctioning · participle past unsuctioned · past unsuctioned

  1. ambitransitiverareTo remove suction, such as when suction cups become detached.

    2018 Bree Bunny to Felicity Fox, "Best Adventure", Enchantimals: Tales from Everwilde But... they didn't turn out very well. I unsuctioned and fell right on your newly-made bed.

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    Then it will plant its setae onto my cheek, onto the bridge of my nose and onto my dark eyes; it will pivot its torso over the temples of my skull, suctioning and unsuctioning its feet; and as it crawls across my transparent forehead

    2017, White Dialogues, page 107
noununsuction (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe removal of suction.

    When he removed them, it was with an audible 'plop' of unsuction.

    2012, Will Self, The Butt

Origin

From un- + suction.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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