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uncapping

uncapping is the present participle and gerund of uncap.

Meaning of uncap

Verb

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.
    • Then, with an opener, she uncapped both drinks.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 410
  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.

Noun

uncapping (plural uncappings)

  1. Wax removed from a honeycomb.
    • With a bent wire I drew out a large quantity of dead bees, mixed with the uncappings of the combs, and much signs of dysentery.1895, British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser, volume 23, page 90
    • The tank at the left is a large galvanized arrangement that we use for taking the honey from the uncappings.1907, Novices' Gleanings in Bee Culture, volumes 35-36, page 1570

Forms of uncapping

pluraluncappings

Questions about uncapping

What does uncapping mean?
Uncapping means wax removed from a honeycomb.
What is uncapping the present participle and gerund of?
Uncapping is the present participle and gerund of uncap.
What part of speech is uncapping?
Uncapping is a noun.
What is the plural of uncapping?
The plural of uncapping is uncappings.

Words near uncapping in the dictionary

  1. uncaponized
  2. uncappable
  3. uncapped
  4. uncapper
  5. uncappers
  6. uncapping
  7. uncappings
  8. uncapricious
  9. uncaps
  10. uncapsidated
  11. uncapsizable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncapping (page history and authors); uncap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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