loosen
verb (used with object)
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
loosener
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a word derived from
loosen.
Example Sentences
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The inwardly arcing run-up was just the same, and after eight months between spells Stokes did not need a loosener.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
Even when the breakthrough came, it was from a Robinson loosener, a long hop that Rohit inexplicably helped to long leg.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
His first is a bit of a loosener that Smith pulls for four to midwicket, casual as you like.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2015
Amir had only three balls left from the over he started yesterday, but there was not even the sniff of a loosener.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
And my hope of gettin' a tongue loosener into Ira goes glimmerin'.
From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln
