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Definition of "unstop" [un•stop]

  • To remove a stopper from. (verb-transitive)
  • To remove an obstruction from; open. (verb-transitive)
  • Music To pull out the stops of (a pipe organ). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unstop" in a sentence
  • "A moratorium on the HVCC would help unstop the cork."
  • "Some months after that a miracle warrior, mighty and unstop pable, appeared in besieged Stalingrad, and the German forces quaked at his fury."
  • "What else is scripture but our spoken Word, divine words that open eyes and unstop ears?"