unhaul

verb
/ʌnˈhɔːl/UK/ʌnˈhɔl/US/ʌnˈhɑl/

Etymology

From un- + haul (“showcase of recently-purchased items”). Although haul is used in general for any type of items, unhaul has come to be used particularly for books.

  1. derived from *kelh₁- — “to call, cry, summon
  2. inherited from *halōną
  3. inherited from *halian — “to haul, drag
  4. derived from halen
  5. derived from *halōn
  6. derived from haler
  7. inherited from hālen
  8. formed as unhaul — “un- + haul

Definitions

  1. To get rid of (unwanted books).

    • So many people are unhauling Matched by Ally Condie & it's making me nervous bc I want to read it but I'm scared that it's bad xD
    • So it's kind of a response to that, kind of just a general discussion about how and why I unhaul books. So like I said, I pretty regularly get rid of books.
    • Have you ever unhauled a book, or are you too attached to every book you own?
  2. The act of getting rid of unwanted books.

    • Hello and welcome to my first book unhaul. In this video I'm going to show you a group of books that I'm planning on donating in one form or another, whether or not it's to charity shops, book swaps, or maybe even to a giveaway.
    • I know! I've decided to do an unhaul so I'll bring some books to swap/give away...will probably make a video about it =)
    • If you have, what your most controversial unhaul pick?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unhaul. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA