unloading

[uhn-lohd]

un·load

[uhn-lohd]
verb (used with object)
1.
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
2.
to remove or discharge (a load, group of people, etc.): to unload passengers.
3.
to remove the charge from (a firearm).
4.
to relieve of anything burdensome, oppressive, etc.: He unloaded his responsibilities.
5.
to get rid of (goods, shares of stock, etc.) by sale in large quantities.
verb (used without object)
6.
to unload something.
7.
Informal. to relieve one's stress by talking, confessing, or the like.

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Unloading is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1515–25; un-2 + load

un·load·er, noun
self-un·load·ing, adjective
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unloading

noun
the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. [ant: loading
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