uncork
Americanverb (used with object)
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uncorks,
present (3rd person singular)
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uncorked,
past participle, past
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uncorking
present participle
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to draw the cork from.
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Informal. to release or unveil; unleash.
to uncork one's pent-up emotions.
verb
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to draw the cork from (a bottle, etc)
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to release or unleash (emotions, etc)
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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uncorksimple
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uncorkssimple
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have uncorkedperfect
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has uncorkedperfect
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am uncorkingprogressive
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are uncorkingprogressive
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is uncorkingprogressive
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have been uncorkingperfect progressive
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has been uncorkingperfect progressive
Past
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uncorkedsimple
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had uncorkedperfect
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was uncorkingprogressive
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were uncorkingprogressive
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had been uncorkingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of uncork
Example Sentences
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With under a minute remaining, he backpedaled until he was 26.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage, only to uncork a game-tying touchdown pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Angel City may have gotten just a point, but if he could bottle the way the team played and uncork it at times throughout the eight-month season, he’d take that offer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025
Boutique wineries and cideries are ready to uncork their latest vintages.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Expanding Medicaid would uncork a spigot of about $1.35 billion a year in federal funds to hospitals and health care providers, according to a 2021 report by the office of the state economist.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
But often he would uncork the bottle of Agua Florida and touch the stopper to the lobes of his ears or to his wrists.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The composer struts in during a rehearsal, uncorks an embarrassingly stagey speech about his life and views, and forbids Guthrie from putting his modern spin on the oratorio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Picking it up from the diagram, where the unsuspecting Bauer as Black has just played 13…a7-a6, White uncorks 14.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
He’s much more consistent but still uncorks a head-scratcher throw every so often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2019
With Kim’s accident happening soon after Jimmy uncorks this non-poisononed bottle, the brand now seems like a harbinger of disaster.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
Alan sets down a garbage bag full of Amber and Clover’s old baby clothes, uncorks a bottle of cold champagne.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Which is precisely what they uncorked to open the scoring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
With the pressure uncorked, she continued to play freer on her way to retaining the Melbourne title in 2024, then earned back-to-back victories at the 2024 and 2025 US Opens.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Andy Pages froze on a 100.8 mph fastball, one of 21 triple-digit pitches Misiorowski uncorked from his wiry 6-foot-7, 197-pound frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
They claim to share a sisterhood but whose dissimilar economic and social statuses rocket to the surface like freshly uncorked champagne bubbles.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
He uncorked the bottle and moved back into the shadows of the eaves.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Joshua capitalised and using his years of experience - and perhaps the emotion - he drew Prenga on to a jab before uncorking a crushing right hand.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
By the end, he was holding his head high at Liu’s gold medal romp, and uncorking his back flip in the Games-ending gala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He’s also been wilding out on Truth Social, uncorking a series of posts that are unhinged, even for him.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
Then again, at this point in 2023, much of the talk surrounding the Chargers was how Herbert was going to be uncorking bombs all over the place under then-offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Tirelessly the woman marched to and fro, corking and uncorking herself, singing and falling silent, and pegging out more diapers, and more and yet more.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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