uncap

From un- +‎ cap.

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

uncap (third-person singular simple present uncaps, present participle uncapping, simple past and past participle uncapped)

1. (transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 410:

     Then, with an opener, she uncapped both drinks.

2. (transitive) To remove a cap or limit from.

   to uncap the frame rate of a game console emulator

3. (intransitive) To take off one's cap.

• Canup, Cupan