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[[t]kæp[/t]]

n. v. capped, cap•ping

1) clo a close-fitting covering for the head, usu. of soft, supple material and having no brim but sometimes having a visor

2) a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like:

a nurse's cap[/ex]

3) mortarboard 2)

4) anything resembling a covering for the head in shape, use, or position:

a bottle cap[/ex]

5) summit; top; acme

6) cvb a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc.; ceiling

7) fng the pileus of a mushroom

8) percussion cap

9) a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper

10) to provide or cover with or as if with a cap

11) to complete

12) to follow with something better; outdo:

to cap one joke with another[/ex]

13) to serve as a cap, covering, or top to

14) cvb to put a maximum limit on (wages, spending, etc.)

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- set one's cap for

Etymology: bef. 1000; ME cappe, OE cæppe < LL cappa hooded cloak, cap II

cap

[[t]kæp[/t]] n. v. capped, cap•ping

1) pri a capital letter

2) pri Usu., caps. uppercase:

Set the underlined in caps[/ex]

3) pri to write or print with a capital letter or letters; capitalize

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Etymology: 1895–1900; by shortening III

cap

[[t]kæp[/t]] n.

sts a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug

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Etymology: by shortening