cap

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Pronunciation
/kæp/
/kæp/
Noun
27 definition(s)
1 Definition

A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

Example Sentences
  • The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
2 Definition

A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

3 Definition

An academic mortarboard.

4 Definition

A protective cover or seal.

Example Sentences
  • He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
5 Definition

A crown for covering a tooth.

Example Sentences
  • He had golden caps on his teeth.
6 Definition

The summit of a mountain, etc.

Example Sentences
  • There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
7 Definition

An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

Antonyms
floor
Example Sentences
  • We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
8 Definition

The top part of a mushroom.

9 Definition

(toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.

Example Sentences
  • Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
10 Definition

A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.

Example Sentences
  • He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
11 Definition

A bullet used to shoot someone.

12 Definition

An international appearance.

Example Sentences
  • Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
13 Definition

The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

14 Definition

A respectful uncovering of the head.

15 Definition

The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

16 Definition

The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.

Example Sentences
  • the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
17 Definition

Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

18 Definition

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.

19 Definition

A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

20 Definition

A large size of writing paper.

Example Sentences
  • flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
21 Definition

A lie or exaggeration.

Example Sentences
  • no cap
22 Definition

Capitalization.

23 Definition

An uppercase letter.

24 Definition

Capacitor

Example Sentences
  • Parasitic caps.
25 Definition

A recording or screenshot.

Example Sentences
  • Anyone have a cap of the games last night?
26 Definition

A capsule of a drug.

27 Definition

A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.

Verb
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cover or seal with a cap.

2 Definition

To award a cap as a mark of distinction.

3 Definition

To lie over or on top of something.

4 Definition

To surpass or outdo.

5 Definition

To set an upper limit on something.

Example Sentences
  • cap wages.
6 Definition

To make something even more wonderful at the end.

Example Sentences
  • That really capped my day.
7 Definition

To select a player to play for a specified side.

8 Definition

To shoot (someone) with a firearm.

Example Sentences
  • In a school shooting, where some kid caps a bunch of other kids, where did he get the weapon? From a family member, probably their gun cabinet.
9 Definition

To select to play for the national team.

Example Sentences
  • Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
10 Definition

To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.

11 Definition

To deprive of a cap.

12 Definition

To tell a lie.

13 Definition

To convert text to uppercase.

14 Definition

To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.