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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of uncork.

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Examples

  • Seems leaving it open and uncorked is best – must be the oxygen affecting the fermentation process.

    Wine ethanol, lightest bottle, oxygen, supermarket brands – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Then, on a 1-0 pitch to Victor Martinez, Chamberlain uncorked another wild pitch that went all the way to the backstop before caroming directly to catcher Jorge Posada.

    USATODAY.com - Baseball - N.Y. Yankees vs. Cleveland 2006

  • The whole voice mail was clearly a product of the kind of uncorked rage that always ends in remorse and sorrow, but it was not entirely witless.

    The Passion of Alec Baldwin 2009

  • The whole voice mail was clearly a product of the kind of uncorked rage that always ends in remorse and sorrow, but it was not entirely witless.

    The Passion of Alec Baldwin 2009

  • Pfun Pfact: by the year 2017, use of the term "uncorked" in the wild pitch context will exceed its use in the wine context for the first time in recorded history.

    The Hardball Times 2009

  • It is uncorked spiritual white lightning that startles and electrifies, as opposed to bottled white lightning that dulls the senses.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • When he had uncorked the bottle, he poured a little into each of their cups, then set the bottle near the tree so as not to accidentally knock it over.

    Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011

  • Keshari uncorked a bottle of pinot grigio for herself and Rasheed poured Pellegrino over ice.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Keshari uncorked a bottle of pinot grigio for herself and Rasheed poured Pellegrino over ice.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • When he had uncorked the bottle, he poured a little into each of their cups, then set the bottle near the tree so as not to accidentally knock it over.

    Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011

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