Definition of "cap" in Englisch

noun

A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
- The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
An academic mortarboard.
A protective cover or seal.
- He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
A crown for covering a tooth.
- He had golden caps on his teeth.
The summit of a mountain, etc.
- There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
- We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
The top part of a mushroom.
(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.
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.
(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
(slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
- no cap
- that’s cap
(sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
- Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
(zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
(architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- the cap of a column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(nautical) 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.
(geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
A large size of writing paper.
- flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
(Appalachia) Popcorn.

verb

(transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
(transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
(transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
(transitive) To surpass or outdo.
(transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
- to cap wages
(transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
- That really capped my day.
(transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
(transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- If he don’t get outta my hood, I’m gonna cap his ass.
- 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.
(intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
(transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
- Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.
To deprive of a cap.

noun

(finance) Capitalization.
(informal) A capital letter.
(electronics) A capacitor.
- parasitic caps
- I had to replace the caps in that thing to get it to work again.
(colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
- Anyone have a cap of the games last night?
(slang) A capsule of a drug.
(colloquial) A capitalist.
(anatomy) A capillary.
A caption.