"unball" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unballs [present, singular, third-person], unballing [participle, present], unballed [participle, past], unballed [past]
Etymology: un- + ball Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|ball}} un- + ball Head templates: {{en-verb}} unball (third-person singular simple present unballs, present participle unballing, simple past and past participle unballed)
  1. (transitive) To release (the fists, etc.) from a balled shape. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unball-en-verb-C0XUQCov Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 49 51
  2. (intransitive) To recover one's original shape from a balled stance. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-unball-en-verb-A1mL42nJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 49 51

Inflected forms

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