unstick

 

verb

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɪk/
(unsticks, unsticking; past and past participle unstuck)
  • 1 [with object] cause to become no longer stuck together: Urquhart sat upright in the bed and unstuck a bleary eye
  • 2 [no object] British informal (of an aircraft) take off: the aircraft refused to unstick
  • [with object] cause (an aircraft) to take off.

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈʌnstɪk/
[in singular] British informal
  • the moment at which an aircraft takes off: [as modifier]: the minimum unstick speed

Phrases

come (or get) unstuck

become separated or unfastened: one of her eyelashes had come unstuck
informal fail completely: all their clever ideas came unstuck