Unspool

Quick meaning: Unspool is a verb meaning To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.

Meaning

To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.

More Meanings

1. (aviation) To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight.
2. (ambitransitive) To flow forth, unfold, or play out.
3. (ambitransitive) To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart.
4. (ambitransitive) To relax or become relaxed; to unwind.
5. (slang, of a film) To play; to be screened.

Example Sentences

He lifted out the roll of tickets and began to unspool a dozen.

Trailers for upcoming movies unspool—The Nutty Professor is playing on Tuesday, along with Cinderfella.

I'd watch birds, trail my hands in the water, duck under the boughs of sweeper trees, and watch the river unspool before me.

Next, unspool twenty cubits of the thin silver wire thread and cut this length in half. If you have less than twenty cubits, unspool all you have, and cut it in two equal parts.

Word Forms

• unspools
• unspooling
• unspooled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unwind, unspin, unreel, uncoil, ravel, unpeel.

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