Etymology : Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak
Pronunciation : kap
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. patrol flight at high or medium altitude in order to identify enemy aircraft. hat; cover, cork; maximum limit or quota; summit, peak; symbol used to denote an intersection (Mathematics); top part of a mushroom; noisemaker made of paper containing a bit of gunpowder; (Dentistry) crown. put a cap on; put a top on; crown; do better than.
2. bullet; "I'm a pop a cap in him " -- Jules in the movie "Pulp Fiction ".
3. cranium, top of the skull.
4. crack.
5. a ha.
6. to shoot. cap\cap\ (kăp), n. [oe. cappe, as. c?ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. ll, cappa, capa; perhaps of iberian origin, as isidorus of seville mentions it first: "capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." see:
3d cape, and cf. 1st cope.].
7. a covering for the head; esp. (a) one usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) one of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) one used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
8. the top, or uppermost part; the chief. thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
9. a respectful uncovering of the head. he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
10. (zo?l.) the whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
11. anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (arch.) the uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (naut.) 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. (d) a percussion cap. see:
under percussion. (e) (mech.) the removable cover of a journal box. (f) (geom.) a portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
12. a large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron.cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.cap of liberty. see:
liberty cap, under liberty.cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of england at the coronation. it is also carried before the mayors of some cities.cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.cap paper. (a) a kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap. (b) a coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities.cap rock (mining), the layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.
13. A covering for the head One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
14. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
15. A respectful uncovering of the head.
16. The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
17. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
18. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
19. 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.
20. A percussion cap.
21. See under Percussion.
22. The removable cover of a journal box.
23. A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
24. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
25. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
26. To deprive of cap.
27. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
28. To salute by removing the cap.
29. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
30. To uncover the head respectfully. a tight-fitting headdress a top something serving as a cover or protection a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains".
31. 1. A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys. a dark blue baseball cap.
32. A cap is a special hat which is worn as part of a uniform. a frontier guard in olive-grey uniform and a peaked cap.
33. If a sports player is capped, they are chosen to represent their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket. Rees, 32, has been capped for England 23 times. England's most capped rugby union player.
34. If a sports player represents their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, you can say that they have been awarded a cap. Mark Davis will win his first cap for Wales in Sunday's Test match against Australia.
35. If the government caps an organization, council, or budget, it limits the amount of money that the organization or council is allowed to spend, or limits the size of the budget. The Secretary of State for Environment has the power to cap councils which spend excessively.
36. The cap of a bottle is its lid. She unscrewed the cap of her water bottle and gave him a drink.
37. A cap is a circular rubber device that a woman places inside her vagina to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
38. If someone says that a good or bad event caps a series of events, they mean it is the final event in the series, and the other events were also good or bad. The unrest capped a weekend of right-wing attacks on foreigners.
39. If someone's teeth are capped, covers are fixed over them so that they look better. He suddenly smiled, revealing teeth that had recently been capped I had my teeth capped. see also:
ice cap. Civil Air Patrol. To capitalize. the Common Agricultural Policy a system of laws arranged by the European Union to control the production of food and other farm crops. It set limits on how much farmers can grow, and provided them with financial support. the abbreviation of capital letter.
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