cap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.4.2 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Indonesian 4.1 Noun 5 Occitan 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 7 Slovak 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Derived terms 7.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æp

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

cap (plural caps)

1. A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
2. A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
3. An academic mortarboard
4. A protective cover or seal
5. A crown for covering a tooth
6. The summit of a mountain etc.
7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling
8. The top part of a mushroom
9. (cricket) The cap worn by players as protection from the sun; the cap awarded to a player when first selected to play for a side
10. 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.

11. 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.

12. (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?

13. (soccer) An international appearance

    Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.

[edit] Derived terms

• pop a cap in someone's ass

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[edit] See also

• set one's cap at

[edit] Verb

to cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped) (transitive)

1. To cover or seal with a cap
2. To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
3. To lie over or on top of something
4. To surpass or outdo
5. To set an upper limit on something
6. (cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
7. (slang) To shoot someone

   If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From capitalization, by shortening

[edit] Noun

cap (plural caps)

1. (finance) Capitalization.

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• market cap

[edit] Etymology 3

From capital, by shortening

[edit] Noun

cap (plural caps)

1. (informal) An uppercase letter

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[edit] Verb

to cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

1. (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acp
• APC
• CPA
• PAC

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin caput.

[edit] Noun

cap m. (plural caps)

1. head

[edit] Etymology 2

From caber (q.v.).

[edit] Verb

cap

1. Third-person singular present of caber.

[edit] Etymology 3

See Etymology 1 above; cf. French personne (which can mean either “person” or “nobody”).

[edit] Adjective

cap

1. no, none

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

cap m. (plural caps)

1. (geography) cape
2. (archaic) head
3. (nautical) heading

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

cap

1. seal
2. stamp

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin caput.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kap]

[edit] Noun

cap m. (plural caps)

1. head (of the body)
2. cape, headland

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin caput

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kap/

[edit] Noun

cap n. (plural capete)

1. head

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Noun

cap m. (plural capy, genitive capa)^{declension pattern chlap for singular, dub for plural}

1. a male goat

[edit] Derived terms

• capí

[edit] See also

• koza