cap

Meanings

Noun

• A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
• A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
• An academic mortarboard.
• A protective cover or seal.
• A crown for covering a tooth.
• The summit of a mountain, etc.
• An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
• The top part of a mushroom.
• A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
• A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
• A bullet used to shoot someone.
• A lie or exaggeration.
• A place on a national team; an international appearance.
• The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
• A respectful uncovering of the head.
• The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
• The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
• Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
• 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.
• A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
• A large size of writing paper.
• Capitalization.
• An uppercase or capital letter.
• A capacitor.
• A recording or screenshot.
• A capsule of a drug.
• A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.

Verb

• To cover or seal with a cap.
• To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
• To lie over or on top of something.
• To surpass or outdo.
• To set an upper limit on something.
• To make something even more wonderful at the end.
• To select a player to play for a specified side.
• To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
• To lie; to tell a lie.
• To select to play for the national team.
• To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
• To deprive of a cap.
• To convert text to uppercase.
• To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

Origin

• From Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa. cape, chape, and cope.
• From capitalization, by shortening.
• From capital, by shortening.
• From capacitor, by shortening.
• Shortening of capture.
• Scots, probably from Old English copp ("a cup").