uncap

verb
/ʌnˈkæp/

Etymology

From un- + cap. Piecewise doublet of uncape.

  1. derived from caput
  2. derived from cappa
  3. inherited from *kappā — “covering, hood, mantle
  4. inherited from cæppe
  5. inherited from cappe
  6. formed as uncap — “un- + cap

Definitions

  1. To remove a physical cap or cover from.

    • Then, with an opener, she uncapped both drinks.
  2. To remove a cap or limit from.

    • to uncap the frame rate of a game console emulator
  3. To take off one's cap.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uncap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA