Cap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cap"

Translingual

Proper noun

Cap

1. Abbreviation of Capricorn.

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of captain.

Proper noun

Cap

1. A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc.
   • 1967, Jan de Hartog, The Captain:

     "But listen, Cap!" he protested, momentarily falling out of his role as Midshipman Hornblower. "I haven't got any place else to go! This is where I sleep, where else do you want me to write my letters?"

2. A nickname for a man generally.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 2:

     ‘Hi Cap! Is that the moving picture ship?’

   • 2009, Matt Christopher, Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry, →ISBN:

     “I'd take Vernon Dewey for my team any day.” “And their quarterback can throw,” Cap pointed out. “But we did all right, huh, Grandpa?” “You did fine,” Tully replied. “All of you did real well.” “Cap, you can throw ...”

   • 2018, Ken Kenthomas, Mr. Black Johnson She Worshiped, →ISBN:

     “Well, Cap, you seem to be a nice gentleman from a good family, but I wished you had come to me and my wife and talked to me before you two started making all these decisions.”

Descendants

• → Russian: кэп (kɛp)

Translations

A nickname for a captain

• Russian: кэп (ru) m (kɛp) (nautical)

A nickname for a man generally

• Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), шеф (ru) m (šef)

Etymology 2

Clipping of Capricorn.

Noun

Cap (plural Caps)

1. (astrology, informal) Clipping of Capricorn.
   • 2022 December 8, Jake Register, “Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Capricorn Man”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Caps are also naturally inclined towards stability and security—they're totally different from noncommittal Sagittarius men. If you're looking for someone who's ready to commit rather than stay in a situationship, odds are that he might be a Capricorn.

See also

• Cap-enese

Anagrams

• ACP, APC, CPA, PAC, PAc, PCA, Pac, Pac.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap/

Proper noun

Cap m

1. Only used in Le Cap (“Cape Town”)