unsuction

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ suction

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To remove suction, such as when suction cups become detached.
    • 2017, White Dialogues, page 107[1]:
      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
    • 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.

Noun[edit]

unsuction (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The removal of suction.
    • 2012, Will Self, The Butt:
      When he removed them, it was with an audible 'plop' of unsuction.