caps
noun
- 1
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
“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
A protective cover or seal.
“He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.”
- 5
A crown for covering a tooth.
“He 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 ceiling.
“We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.”
- 8
The top part of a mushroom.
- 9
(toy) 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.”
- 10
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.”
- 11
A bullet used to shoot someone.
- 12
An international appearance.
“Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.”
- 13
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
- 14
A respectful uncovering of the head.
- 15
The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- 16
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
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
A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
- 20
A large size of writing paper.
“flat cap; foolscap; legal cap”
- 21
A lie or exaggeration.
“no cap”
Antonyms
verb
- 1
To cover or seal with a cap.
- 2
To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- 3
To lie over or on top of something.
- 4
To surpass or outdo.
- 5
To set an upper limit on something.
“cap wages.”
- 6
To make something even more wonderful at the end.
“That really capped my day.”
- 7
To select a player to play for a specified side.
- 8
To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
“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.”
- 9
To select to play for the national team.
“Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.”
- 10
To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
- 11
To deprive of a cap.
- 12
To tell a lie.
noun
- 1
Capitalization.
noun
- 1
An uppercase letter.
verb
- 1
To convert text to uppercase.
noun
- 1
Capacitor
“Parasitic caps.”
noun
- 1
A recording or screenshot.
“Anyone have a cap of the games last night?”
verb
- 1
To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
noun
- 1
A capsule of a drug.
noun
- 1
A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.
noun
- 1
Capital letters; capitals.
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