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English
Etymology
From un- + pop.
Verb
unpop (third-person singular simple present unpops, present participle unpopping, simple past and past participle unpopped)
- (transitive) To unfasten (a snap fastener).
2003, Mair Rees, Drawing on Difference:The sorts of activities I present are buttoning, lacing, popping and unpopping press-studs, dressing and undressing dolls - although the latter is not usually perceived at all as symbolic or 'play' but a merely mechanical activity.
2008, Benjamin Parker, Leon Prilki, page 118:He sat the boy on his lap. And absently adjusted his clothes. In the boy's hand was a metal car. It was painted red. Leon reached down to his vest, unpopping the buttons that secured it beneath the nappy.
- (transitive) To cause not to have popped.
You can't unpop a balloon.
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