uncap

American  

[uhn-kap] / ʌnˈkæp /

verb (used with object)

uncapped, uncapping

1. to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).

2. to free from limits or restrictions.

   The union is demanding that cost-of-living allowances be uncapped.

3. to remove a cap or hat from (the head of a person).

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verb (used without object)

uncapped, uncapping

1. to remove the cap or hat from the head, as in respect.

uncap British  

/ ʌnˈkæp /

verb

1. (tr) to remove a cap or top from (a container)

   to uncap a bottle

2. to remove a cap from (the head)

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Etymology

Origin of uncap

First recorded in 1560–70; un- ² + cap ¹

Example Sentences

Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste it like fine wine.

From Seattle Times

“Love / as i live it,” she writes in the title poem, “seems more like mercurochrome / than anything else / i can conjure up. it looks so pretty and red, / and smells of a balmy / coolness when you uncap the little applicator. / but swab it on an / open sore and you nearly die under the stabbing / burn.”

From Los Angeles Times

Or maybe you have already caught “Corsicana,” in which she seems to unseal her character’s soul as casually as you or I uncap a beer.

From New York Times

But as I uncap them, I feel woozy.

From New York Times

I grab an orange marker and uncap and recap it a few times while I think.

From Literature