Word: cap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope. Pronunciation: /kæp/, [kʰæp], /kap/, [kʰap], /kɛp/ 1. A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. Example: The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun. Example: That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white, “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight” That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small, “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!” 2. A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. 3. An academic mortarboard. 4. A protective cover or seal. Example: He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne. 5. A crown for covering a tooth. Example: He had golden caps on his teeth. 6. The summit of a mountain, etc. Example: There was snow on the cap of the mountain. 7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling. Example: We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control. Example: The G7 countries have agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to stem the flow of funds into the Kremlin’s war coffers. […] The level of the cap is still being discussed. 8. The top part of a mushroom. 9. A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun. Example: 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. Example: He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely. 11. A bullet used to shoot someone. Labels: slang Example: Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon? 12. A lie or exaggeration. Labels: slang Example: no cap Example: that’s cap 13. A place on a national team; an international appearance. Example: Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden. Example: "By the way, are you by any chance the Malone who is expected to get his Rugby cap for Ireland?" "A reserve, perhaps." 14. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou art the Cap / Of all the Fooles aliue. 15. A respectful uncovering of the head. Labels: obsolete Example: 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. 16. The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 17. The uppermost of any assemblage of parts. Example: the cap of a 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 portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 21. A large size of writing paper. Example: flat cap; foolscap; legal cap 22. Popcorn. Labels: Appalachia