Cap

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

From Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.

Full definition of cap

Noun

1. 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.
2. A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
3. An academic mortarboard
4. A protective cover or sealHe took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
5. A crown for covering a toothHe had golden caps on his teeth.
6. The summit of a mountain etc.There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
7. An artificial upper limit or ceilingWe should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
8. The top part of a mushroom
9. A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gunBilly spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
10. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosivesHe wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
11. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
• 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to MetreonDid he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
12. (soccer) An international appearanceRio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
13. (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
• ShakespeareThou art the cap of all the fools alive.
14. (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
• Fullerhe that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks
15. (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
16. (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
17. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
18. (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.
19. (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
20. A large size of writing paper.flat cap; foolscap; legal cap

Antonyms

• (artificial upper limit) floor

Hyponyms

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap
2. (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
3. (transitive) To lie over or on top of something
4. (transitive) To surpass or outdo
5. (transitive) To set an upper limit on somethingcap wages.
6. (transitive) To make something even more wonderful at the end.That really capped my day.
7. (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
8. (transitive, slang) To shoot someone If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
9. (transitive, sports) to select to play for the national team.Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
10. (transitive, obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
• ThackerayTom ... capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
11. To deprive of a cap.

From capitalization, by shortening.

Noun

1. (finance) Capitalization.

Derived terms

• market cap

From capital, by shortening.

Noun

1. (informal) An uppercase letter.

Verb

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

Anagrams

• APC, CPA, PAC