recap

See also: récap

English

Etymology 1

re- +‎ cap

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē-kăpʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

1. To seal (something) again with a cap.
2. To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English)

Translations

retread — see retread

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

1. A tire that has had new tread glued on.
   • 2008, John Adamson, Law for Business and Personal Use, →ISBN, page 102:

     As she did so, Stacy noted that the tire had been a recap—a tire created by gluing a new outer portion of tread onto the worn inner core of old tires.

Etymology 2

Shortened from recapitulation

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: rēʹ-kăp, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkæp/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• (verb) enPR: rē-kăpʹ, rēʹ-kăp, IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/, /ˈɹiːkæp/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

1. A recapitulation.
   • 2020 August 12, Paul Bigland, “High Speed 2 is starting to accelerate”, in Rail, page 56:

     With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months.

Synonyms

• (recapitulation): summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

1. To recapitulate.

Synonyms

• (recapitulate): summarise/summarize, sum up

Etymology 3

Shortened from recapitalization

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

1. A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
   • 2009, Thomas Kirchner, Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage, →ISBN, page 196:

     A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap.

Etymology 4

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

1. (informal) To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.

Anagrams

• Pacer, caper, crape, pacer