unquote
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 7
Definition of unquote
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
particle
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Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
“Telegram for the Dover Boys, Messrs. Tom, Dick and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern, Upper Bottleneck, New York, sirs, quote, HEEEELP!, unquote, signed Dora. 35 cents collect.”
“And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote.”
“Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.”
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particle
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Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
“Telegram for the Dover Boys, Messrs. Tom, Dick and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern, Upper Bottleneck, New York, sirs, quote, HEEEELP!, unquote, signed Dora. 35 cents collect.”
“And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote.”
“Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.”
verb
- (transitive)To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.
Words you can make from unquote
29 playable · top: QUOTE (14 pts)
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2 words4-letter words
4 words3-letter words
11 words2-letter words
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2 extensions · 2 back
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