verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To remove the stuffing from. transitive
2. 2
   cause to become unblocked wordnet
3. 3
   To decompress (a compressed archive in the StuffIt format). transitive

   "If I send you an attachment as a Zip file, can you unstuff it and print it up here?”"

Synonyms

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loosen up

Antonyms

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stuff

Example

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"If I send you an attachment as a Zip file, can you unstuff it and print it up here?”"

Etymology

From un- + stuff.

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