cap

noun32

1. •
   a hat that fits tightly on the head, either with no edge or with a short edge only above the eyes

   • The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
2. •
   A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
3. •
   An academic mortarboard.
4. •
   An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

   • We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
5. •
   A protective cover or seal.

   • He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
6. •
   A crown for covering a tooth.

   • He had golden caps on his teeth.
7. •
   Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
8. •
   (slang) A lie or exaggeration.

   • that’s cap
9. •
   A place on a national team; an international appearance.

   • Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
10. •
    A small amount of percussive explosive 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. •
    The summit of a mountain, etc.

    • There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
13. •
    The top part of a mushroom.
14. •
    The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
15. •
    The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
16. •
    Capitalization.
17. •
    (informal) A capital letter.
18. •
    (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

    • Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon? — 2001
19. •
    (informal) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.

    • Anyone have a cap of the games last night?
20. •
    A capacitor.

    • parasitic caps
    • I had to replace the caps in that thing to get it to work again.
21. •
    A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
22. •
    (informal) A cappuccino.
23. •
    (slang) A capsule of a drug.
24. •
    A caption.
25. •
    (informal) A capitalist.
26. •
    A capillary.
27. •
    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.
28. •
    A large size of writing paper.
29. •
    (Appalachia) Popcorn.
30. •
    (no longer used) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

    • Thou art the Cap / Of all the Fooles aliue. — 1605
31. •
    (no longer used) A respectful uncovering of the head.

    • He that will give a cap and make a leg, in thanks for a favour he never received, deserveth rather to be blamed for want of wit, than to be praised for store of manners. — 1655
32. •
    (no longer used) A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.

verb17

1. •
   To cover or seal with a cap.
2. •
   To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.

   • to cap wages
3. •
   To lie over or on top of something.
4. •
   (slang) To paint over someone else's piece or tag.
5. •
   To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
6. •
   To select a player to play for a specified side.
7. •
   To select to play for the national team.

   • Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
8. •
   (figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.

   • That really capped my day.
9. •
   (slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.

   • If he don’t get outta my hood, I’m gonna cap his ass.
   • 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.
10. •
    To surpass or outdo.
11. •
    (slang) To lie; to tell a lie.

    • "How? Didn’t I cap for you, an’ square you with the examinin’ board? Didn’t I stake you to the three hundred dollars?" — 1906
12. •
    (informal) To convert text to uppercase.
13. •
    To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.

    • Call your friends and bring a gun / The Halo revolution's on / Capping flags and arming bombs / Yes, we don't blink until we're done — 2007
14. •
    To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

    • I've capped in VCD format, so will eventually post it to abme (I've since found out that it's a bit OT for this group) — 2001
15. •
    To deprive of a cap.
16. •
    To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
17. •
    (no longer used) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.

    • Tom never missed a lecture, and capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. — 1852

adjective1

1. •
   Abbreviation of capitalized.

noun8

1. •
   Initialism of conservation action plan.
2. •
   Initialism of catabolite activator protein.
3. •
   Initialism of community-acquired pneumonia.
4. •
   Initialism of consistency, availability, partition-tolerance, three irreconcilable guarantees in distributed systems, a result known as Brewer's theorem.
5. •
   Initialism of combat air patrol.
6. •
   Initialism of change acceleration process.
7. •
   Initialism of cold atmospheric plasma.
8. •
   Initialism of colors and placements.

noun1

1. •
   (informal) Clipping of Capricorn.