Meanings
verbuncap (third-person singular simple present uncaps, present participle uncapping, simple past and past participle uncapped)
present singular third person uncaps · participle present uncapping · participle past uncapped · past uncapped
- transitiveTo remove a physical cap or cover from.
Then, with an opener, she uncapped both drinks.
2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 410 - transitiveTo remove a cap or limit from.
to uncap the frame rate of a game console emulator
- intransitiveTo take off one's cap.
Origin
From un- + cap. Piecewise doublet of uncape.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отхлупвам
- отхлупвам (othlupvam)remove a cap or cover from
French décapsuler
- décapsulerremove a cap or cover from
Polish odkapslowywać, odkapslować
- odkapslowywaćremove a cap or cover from
- odkapslowaćremove a cap or cover from
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with uncap
mapcapgapappwrapstraprapsnapsaplapunwrapoverlaprecapchapnapslapclapzaphapmishapknaplagniappeyappentrap
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
uncap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncap
MLA
“uncap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncap. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncap.
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