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  • adjective Not cupped.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ cupped

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Examples

  •  He fanned his fingers, cupped and uncupped his hands and magically produced a gold coin on his right palm.

    Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone 2010

  • He rolled his eyes in obvious exasperation, but he obeyed and uncupped himself.

    Enchantment Card, Orson Scott 1999

  • He uncupped a palm on the top of his table and pushed toward me a single-edge razor blade.

    Closing Time Joseph Heller 1994

  • Obediently his thin fingers uncupped and set the spike - covered body in the place the woman had indicated.

    Flight in Yiktor Norton, Andre 1986

  • On the other side of the panel, P.C. Lambert uncupped his hand from the mouthpiece.

    Frost at Christmas Wingfield, R. D. 1984

  • He uncupped the phone; the caller was to wait there and phone back if he wasn't contacted in thirty minutes.

    Funeral In Berlin Deighton, Len, 1929- 1964

  • - Sinbad Sweets Peanut Butter Baskets, uncupped, SKU 0 38105 10939 7

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage 2009

  • - Sinbad Sweets Peanut Butter Baskets, uncupped, SKU 0 38105 10939 7

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2009

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