caps

/kæps/

noun

  1. 1

    A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

    The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
  2. 2

    A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

  3. 3

    An academic mortarboard.

  4. 4

    A protective cover or seal.

    He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
  5. 5

    A crown for covering a tooth.

    He had golden caps on his teeth.
  6. 6

    The summit of a mountain, etc.

    There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
  7. 7

    An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

    We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
  8. 8

    The top part of a mushroom.

  9. 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. 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. 11

    A bullet used to shoot someone.

  12. 12

    An international appearance.

    Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
  13. 13

    The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

  14. 14

    A respectful uncovering of the head.

  15. 15

    The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

  16. 16

    The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.

    the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
  17. 17

    Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

  18. 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. 19

    A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

  20. 20

    A large size of writing paper.

    flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
  21. 21

    A lie or exaggeration.

    no cap

Antonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To cover or seal with a cap.

  2. 2

    To award a cap as a mark of distinction.

  3. 3

    To lie over or on top of something.

  4. 4

    To surpass or outdo.

  5. 5

    To set an upper limit on something.

    cap wages.
  6. 6

    To make something even more wonderful at the end.

    That really capped my day.
  7. 7

    To select a player to play for a specified side.

  8. 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. 9

    To select to play for the national team.

    Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
  10. 10

    To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.

  11. 11

    To deprive of a cap.

  12. 12

    To tell a lie.

noun

  1. 1

    Capitalization.

noun

  1. 1

    An uppercase letter.

verb

  1. 1

    To convert text to uppercase.

noun

  1. 1

    Capacitor

    Parasitic caps.

noun

  1. 1

    A recording or screenshot.

    Anyone have a cap of the games last night?

verb

  1. 1

    To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

noun

  1. 1

    A capsule of a drug.

noun

  1. 1

    A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.

noun

  1. 1

    Capital letters; capitals.

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