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  • noun Plural form of unknot.

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Examples

  • And now what I need to do is stick the stupid thing in a folder again until it unknots in my head, maybe.

    john dillinger is alive and well and living in-- netcurmudgeon 2007

  • Some one of these clad in a covering of curiously wrought raiment effeminately guides the fleet-footed (steed), and unknots his dishevelled locks, and lets his hair fly abroad loosely.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • 'Tell me,' she said, 'what evil dream unknots the cords of your heart?'

    The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901

  • What happens: He bathes my feet, then gives me an Abhyanga warm oil massage to stimulate chakra points and release tension; some serious elbow work unknots my shoulders.

    Evening Standard - Home Liz Hoggard 2011

  • The exception is when he is asked to discuss some personal attribute; his tongue then unknots and he speaks forcefully, immodestly.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The exception is when he is asked to discuss some personal attribute; his tongue then unknots and he speaks forcefully, immodestly.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • All the lamps are put out because of a superstition: great darkness cancels the world; it unknots the tangle of terrors accumulated during the day.

    VQR 2010

  • Dana DeArmond has got that sexy predator glint in her soft brown eyes and a sly smile as she unknots her shirt top and pulls off her panties.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2009

  • Dana DeArmond has got that sexy predator glint in her soft brown eyes and a sly smile as she unknots her shirt top and pulls off her panties.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2009

  • They give relief to the neck and upper body region while the third pose, like kati chakrasana (torso circle) unknots tension along the entire spine.

    rediff.com 2009

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  • Plural form of unknot - so says Wiktionary.

    Knot theorists aside.

    April 10, 2011

  • Rubbish. It's a unit for measuring the speed of unboats.

    April 10, 2011

  • Bilby!

    April 11, 2011

  • *chases after yarb in speedy helicopter unship*

    April 11, 2011