verb (used with object), un·glued, un·glu·ing.
- to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent: to unglue a sticker from a wall.
- Slang.
- to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent’s superb defense.
- to cause to fail or lose effectiveness.
v.1540s, from un- (2) “opposite of” + glue (v.). Related: Unglued; ungluing. Unglued in figurative sense is recorded from 1922.