Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsplay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-splay
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bring together compactly.

Example Sentences

"... fingers themselves — not splayed and unsplayed them, but pulsed them, I guess I'd say; pulsed them leisurely — leisurelily? I give up. No I don't. Fred Mackall pulsed his spread-fingered, fingertip-touching hands leisurely[…]"
"... fingers splaying and unsplaying over the brakes. “I can't.” I wouldn't. I'd never run against Jill again unless I actually wanted to win, and that included their idea of casually running with her. “I have to be somewhere.” Jill[…]"

Etymology

From un- + splay.

Inflected Forms

unsplays (present, singular) unsplaying (participle, present) unsplayed (participle, past) unsplayed (past)

Questions

What does unsplay mean?: To bring together compactly.
Where does unsplay come from?: From un- + splay.

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