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Definition of 'cap'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m).
Noun
( en-noun)
A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
- The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
An academic mortarboard
A protective cover or seal
- He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
A crown for covering a tooth
- He had golden caps on his teeth.
The summit of a mountain etc.
- There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
An artificial upper limit or ceiling
- We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
The top part of a mushroom
A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
- Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
- He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
* 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to Metreon
- Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
(soccer) An international appearance
- Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
* Shakespeare
- Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
* Fuller
- he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks
(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
A large size of writing paper.
- flat cap'''; fools'''cap'''; legal '''cap
Antonyms
* (artificial upper limit) floor
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* (head covering) baseball cap, cunt cap
* (protective cover or seal) crown cap, filler cap
* (artificial upper limit) interest rate cap
* (small amount of explosive used as detonator) percussion cap, pop a cap in someone's ass
See also
* set one's cap at
Verb
( capp)
To cover or seal with a cap
To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
To lie over or on top of something
To surpass or outdo
To set an upper limit on something
- cap wages.
To make something even more wonderful at the end.
- That really capped my day.
(cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
(slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
(sports) to select to play for the national team.
- Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
(obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
- (Shakespeare)
* Thackeray
- Tom capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
To deprive of a cap.
- (Spenser)
Etymology 2
From capitalization, by shortening.
Noun
( en-noun)
(finance) Capitalization.
Derived terms
* market cap
Etymology 3
From capital, by shortening.
Noun
( en-noun)
(informal) An uppercase letter.
Verb
(capp)
(informal) To convert text to uppercase.
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