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Definition: Cap |
CapNoun1. A tight-fitting headdress. 2. A top (as for a bottle). 3. A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to fire an explosive charge. 4. Something serving as a cover or protection. 5. A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom. 6. An upper limit on what is allowed: "they established a cap for prices". 7. Dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a tooth. 8. The upper part of a column that supports the entablature. Verb1. Lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains". 2. Restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Cap \Cap\, noun. [Old English cappe, Anglo-Saxon c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, from 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 compare to 1st Cope.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CAP 1. |
Agriculture | Common Agricultural Policy. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A metal ring fitted over the top of a pile to prevent its splitting under the blows of a pile driver. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in some festivity. For a girl to dream that she sees her sweetheart with a cap on, denotes that she will be bashful and shy in his presence. To see a prisoner's cap, denotes that your courage is failing you in time of danger. To see a miner's cap, you will inherit a substantial competency. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | The terminal in the form of a metal shell mounted on the top or side of the envelope. Source: European Union. (references) |
| That part of a lamp which holds it in a lampholder and usually provides connection to the electric supply. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| In a vacuum tube, the insulated portion through which the electrodes are connected to the pins. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | A layer of clay, or other impermeable material installed over the top of a closed landfill to prevent entry of rainwater and minimize leachate. (references) |
Finance | (1) the maximum allowable interest rate increase for adjustable rate mortgages. Caps embedded in mortgage agreements may limit the amount of upward change in the rate of interest at each adjustment period and provide a fixed maximum over which the rate cannot rise during the life of the loan. (2) an agreement negotiated between a buyer and seller. The buyer of a cap agreement pays a fee to the seller. In return, the seller will pay the buyer if a designated floating index rate is higher than a specified fixed rate on designated days. The seller pays nothing If the floating rate is below the fixed rate. Buyers of cap agreements use them to hedge against rising interest rates, because payments to the buyer increase as rates rise. See floor. See collar. (references) |
Fine Arts | The synchronization of audio and corresponding video signals so that there is no noticeable lack of simultaneity between them. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The part of a pot still immediately above the pot and in which some condensation occurs. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A cone of sheet-iron or steel, having a hole in the apex through which a chain passes, that is fitted over the end of a log to prevent its catching on stumps, roots, or other obstacles in ground skidding. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | [see Community Assistance Panel.]. (references) |
Literature | Cap Black cap (See page 140, Black Cap .) Cater cap. A square cap or mortar-board. (French, quartier.) College cap. A trencher like the caps worn at the English Universities by students and bachelors of art, doctors of divinity, etc. Fool's cap. A cylindrical cap with feather and bells, such as licensed Fools used to wear. Forked cap. A bishop's mitre. For the paper so called, see Foolscap. John Knox cap (A). A cap made of black silk velvet. "A cap of black silk velvet, after the John Knox fashion."- Edinburgh University Calendar. Monmouth cap (A). (See Monmouth.) Phrygian cap (A). Cap of liberty (q.v.). Scotch cap. A cloth cap worn commonly in Scotland. Cap and bells. The insignia of a professional fool or jester. A feather in one's cap. An achievement to be proud of; something creditable. Square cap. A trencher or "mortar-board," like the University cap. Statute cap. A woollen cap ordered by statute to be worn on holidays by all citizens for the benefit of the woollen trade. To a similar end, persons were obliged to be buried at death in flannel. "Well, better wits have worn plain statute Caps."- Shakespeare: Love's Labour Lost, v 2. Trencher cap, or mortar-board. A cap with a square board, generally covered with black cloth. I must put on my considering cap. I must think about the matter before I give a final answer. The allusion is to a conjurer's cap. If the cap fits, wear it. If the remark applies to you, apply it to yourself. Hats and caps differ very slightly in size and appearance, but everyone knows his own when he puts it on. Setting her cap at him. Trying to catch him for a sweetheart or a husband. The lady puts on the most becoming of her caps, to attract the attention and admiration of the favoured gentleman. To gain the cap. To obtain a bow from another out of respect. "Such gains the cap of him that makes them fine, But keeps his book uncrossed." Shakespeare: Cymbeline, iii. 3. To pull caps. To quarrel like two women, who pull each other's caps. Your cap is all on one side. The French have the phrase Mettre son bonnet de travers, meaning "to be in an ill-humour." M. Hilaire le Gai explains it thus: "La plupart des tapageurs de profession portent ordinairement le chapeau sur l'oreille. " It is quite certain that workmen, when they are bothered, push their cap on one side of the head, generally over the right ear, because the right hand is occupied. Cap (the verb). I cap to that, i.e. assent to it. The allusion is to a custom observed in France amongst the judges in deliberation. Those who assent to the opinion stated by any of the bench signify it by lifting their toque from their heads. To cap. To excel. "Well, that caps the globe."- C. Bronte: Jane Eyre. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A hollow cylindrical piece, closed at one end and with female thread at the other. It is screwed on to the end of a pipe in order to close it. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Device which serves as a cover or protection. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A detonator or blasting cap b. To seal, plug, or cover a borehole c. The roof or top piece in a three-piece timber set used for tunnel support d. A piece of plank or timber placed on top of a prop, stull, or post e. The horizontal member of a set of timber used as a roadway support f. Another name for crown g. Barren rock and/or soil covering an ore deposit. See also:cap roc h. Overburden consisting of unconsolidated material overlying or covering bedrock. Also called cover; mantle. Syn:topi. See:blue cap. (references) |
Public Administration | The covering or'capping'of rock on top of an oil or gas resevoir or over a salt dome. Usually it is an impermeable mass or layer of limestone, dolomite or gypsum a few metres to hundreds of metres thick(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | E. caps and small caps. . . capitals and small capitals in fonts of type. Directions for the compositor to set in small capitals, with the initial letters in large capitals. Source: European Union. (references) |
Weather | A layer of relatively warm air aloft (usually several thousand feet above the ground) which suppresses or delays the development of thunderstorms. Air parcels rising into this layer become cooler than the surrounding air, which inhibits their ability to rise further. As such, the cap often prevents or delays thunderstorm development even in the presence of extreme instability. However if the cap is removed or weakened, then explosive thunderstorm development can occur. See CIN and Fig. 6, sounding.The cap is an important ingredient in most severe thunderstorm episodes, as it serves to separate warm, moist air below and cooler, drier air above. With the cap in place, air below it can continue to warm and/or moisten, thus increasing the amount of potential instability. Or, air above it can cool, which also increases potential instability. But without a cap, either process (warming/moistening at low levels or cooling aloft) results in a faster release of available instability often before instability levels become large enough to support severe weather development. (or Capping Inversion). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The initialism "CAP", when used by itself, can refer to:
- the Civil Air Patrol
- Combat Air Patrol
- Common Agricultural Policy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "CAP."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Headgear is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head. A hat is headgear on the top of the head, but excluding a wig.
A baseball capApplications:
- protection against impact, cold, rain and other water, snow, hail, heat, sun burn, dust, infection, chemicals, noise
- decoration
- religious purposes
- hiding baldness
- distinction
Types of headgear
- Balaclava
- Beret
- Bonnet
- chef's hat
- Crown
- Derby
- Fun nose (for clowns etc.)
- Hard Hat
- Helmet
- Bicycle Helmet
- Motorcycle Helmet
- Space Helmet
- Hood: a soft "hat" covering the top and back of the head, connected to a coat or shirt; when not in use it hangs on the back, or sometimes there is a pocket in the neck to fold it into.
- Masks: for protection, against recognition, for fun (such as with carnival) and theatre)
- Tiara
- Toupee
- Wig
Protective hats
The most common use of a hat is as protection for the head and eyes. A baseball cap is used by sports players to keep the sun out of their eyes, and by some chefs to keep the hair out of their food. Traditionally, silk chef's hats are used for this purpose. A rain hat has a wide rim to keep the rain out of the wearer's face. Some traditional types of hat such as the Mexican sombrero also serve this purpose. There are also the full range of helmets. There are also hats that are worn for protection from the cold. These include many varities of fur hats, and also the Canadian tuque.
Fashionable hats
Hats are also an article of fashion; the formal man's black silk top hat was formerly an indispensible portion of the suit, and women's hats have, over the years, attained a fantastic number of shapes ranging from immense confections to no more than a few bits of cloth and decorations piled on top of the head. Recently, the hat as an article of formal wear has fallen out of fashion, though some kinds of hats other than baseball caps may be included in young people's subcultural fashions.
Religious hats
A number of hats are used for religious purposes. Observant Jewish men wear yarmulkes, small cloth skull-caps, because they believe the head should be covered in the presence of God. Some Jewish men wear yarmulkes at all times, others in the synagogue.
Similar to the yarmulke is the zucchetto worn by Roman Catholic clergy. Other forms of apostolic head-gear include the mitre, biretta, tasselled cardinal's hat, and the papal tiara.
Male Sikhs are required to wear turbans. See also the fez.
The term red hat when used within the Roman Catholic Church refers to the appointment of a Cardinal, a senior Prince of the Church who is a member of the electoral college that chooses the Pope. A person on being appointed to the cardinalate is said to have received the red hat or cardinal's biretta.
Jewelry
A number of jewelss, including the crown, coronet, and tiara, have evolved from the hat.
Hat etiquette
Men who wear hats typically take them off in church (but not a synagogue) and other buildings, as a salute, when a national anthem is played, and at other such occasions. The hat can be "tipped" (briefly removed) as a greeting. Women usually do not take off their hats in these situations, but take their hats off in their own homes.
Red Hat produces Red Hat Linux, a widely used distribution of Linux.
The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote a book entitled The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. Michael Nyman later wrote an opera with the same title, based on the case-study which gave that book its name.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hat."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CAP | Danish | Carrierless amplitude phase modulation | Electrical Engineering |
CAP | Dutch | Carrierless amplitude/fase-modulatie | Electrical Engineering |
CAP | English | Chloramphenicol | N/A |
CAP | Finnish | Kantoaalloton amplitudi-ja vaihemodulaatio | Electrical Engineering |
CAP | French | Commission administrative paritaire | N/A |
CAP | German | Chlorazetophenon | Chemistry, Military & Defense |
CAP | Italian | Codice di avviamento postale | Post & Telecom |
CAP | Portuguese | Catiões ácidos permutáveis | Geography |
| Cap. | English | Capacity | Meteorology & Standards, Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CapSynonyms: capital (n), ceiling (n), chapiter (n), crownwork (n), detonating device (n), detonator (n), pileus (n), crest (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Headdress, headgear; chapeau, crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, wimple; nightcap, mobcap, skullcap; hood, coif; capote, calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown; (circle); chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby; kepi, forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet; mask, domino. |
Completion | Finish, bring to a close; (end); wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch;n. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap. |
Courtesy | Uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee. |
Covering | Verb: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard. |
Height | Verb: be high; Adjective: tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop; (be superior); stand on tiptoe. |
Retaliation | Verb: retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo; Noun: give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores. |
Summit | Tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end; crown, brow; head, nob, noddle, pate; capsheaf. |
Superiority | Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You go out, wave your cap, give the people a thrill (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) Confess, don't be boring, say yes, don't be dull, a fact you're ignoring, it's better to lose your skull cap than your skull (History of the World Part 1; writing credit: Mel Brooks) I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair - ew - and cover it up with a backwards cap and we're supposed to swoon (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.) Good gracious! I should bust a cap in your ass (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Babe Ruth had a cap. Willie Mays had a cap (A Charlie Brown Celebration; writing credit: Charles M. Schulz) | |
Lyrics | Don't wanna be a feather in your cap (I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That; performing artist: Elton John) I brush my teeth and put the cap back on (You Were Meant For Me; performing artist: Jewel) Now this red cap gets a wrap from these critics (Take A Look Around; performing artist: Limp Bizkit) | |
Tongue Twisters | A cupcake cook in a cupcake cook's cap cooks cupcakes. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Night Cap (1974) Oscar's Thinking Cap (1971) Unde nu-i cap (1965) Le Cap de l'espérance (1951) Alger - Le Cap (1951) | |
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 | Adult white woman is performing breast self-examination (BSE) in the shower. Her left arm is raised and she is examining her left breast. She is nude from the waist up and the photo includes her head (with a shower cap) to her waist area. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Nymph of head louse, Pediculus humanus var capitis, about to emerge from egg. Note missing egg cap. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Mut is down" Enroute to Scotch Cap Lighthouse First horses in the Aleutians Party off of DISCOVERER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Ardo X. Meyer, traverse navigator and geomagnetic observer, celebrating at South Pole Station after completing traverse and two months on the ice cap. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Gambacorta Creek, the Gambacorta landfill cap is about mid-photo where the land slopes in the background between the white house and the large structure to the right of the image. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Cap in the Iron Mountain Mine, Brick Flat pit. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The Greenland Ice Cap with remarkable low level convective cloudiness. TIROS VII, pass 4365/4364, camera 1, frame 13. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," April 1966. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | A small trout laying on the ground next to a camera lens cap for scale. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Historical BLM brass cap marks cadastral survey of a township corner. Credit: Unknown. |  | [Skull cap and brain viewed from above]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Charger Cap" by John Sanderson Commentary: "Notice the surface development in the reflections... integrate nicely with the stripe and fuel filler." | "Lens cap" by Terry Eaton Commentary: "A photo of my 72mm lens cap." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Hester next gathered up the heavy tresses of her hair, and confined them beneath her cap. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She put on a little round cap which concealed her shorn head, and with that she was still pretty |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The boy that held the censer had swung it gently to and fro near the door with the silvery cap lifted by the middle chain to keep the coals lighting |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He pushed up his cap and stepped into the ditch |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Take off the cap and shake the inhaler. (references) | |
Rinse only the mouthpiece and cap in warm water. (references) | ||
You should wear a protective cap or scarf when you're in the sun or outdoors in cold weather. (references) | ||
Business | There are a number of organizations representing pharmacist’s interests that are trying to cap or even reduce the number of pharmacies. (references) | |
French Cap Gemini, incorporated the large Dutch services provider Volmac a few years ago, thereby increasing its presence in Netherlands. (references) | ||
They include the giant EDS group; Andersen Consulting; GE Information Services; Cap Gemini Ernst & Young; KPMG; and Price Waterhouse Coopers. (references) | ||
Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | Men wear the songkok, a traditional Malay cap. (references) |
Uk | Advertisers should become familiar with CAP recommendations. (references) | |
Libya | ILSA was renewed in 2001, and the investment cap lowered to $20 million. (references) | |
Human Rights | Haiti | Although the 48-hour rule is violated in all parts of the country, it most often and most flagrantly is ignored in Jeremie, Cap Haitien, Petionville, and the Delmas commissariat of Port-au-Prince. (references) |
Minorities | Canada | In May a Muslim chaplain filed suit in federal court against an Ontario provincial judge who ejected him from the courtroom in 1993 for wearing a Muslim cap. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | In August 1997, Taiwan raised the cap on foreign investment in independent power projects from 30 percent to 49 percent. (references) |
Trade | Burma | A remittance cap on earnings was reduced to $10, 000 per month effective July 1, 2000. Fortunately, the cap does not apply to export earnings. (references) |
Spain | During the Uruguay Round negotiations in 1993, the EU committed to continue the compensation it had been providing to the United States since 1987 for Spain's accession to the EU. The EU had owed the United States compensation due to Spain's breach of its GATT tariff on imports of corn and sorghum when Spain joined the CAP. (references) | |
Travel | Senegal | Camping or visiting villages along these routes is strongly discouraged, with the exception of camping within Cap Skirring. (references) |
Worker Rights | Haiti | However, the Government's 5-year economic program calls for the creation of two export processing zones, one in Cabaret and another in Cap Haitien. (references) |
Ecuador | If the Ministry of Labor rules that a dismissal is unjustified, it can require the employer to pay large indemnities or separation payments to the worker, although the reforms set a cap on such payments. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass. They say that hens do cackle loudest when There's nothing vital in the eggs they've laid; And there are hens, professing to have made A study of mankind, who say that men Whose business 'tis to drive the tongue or pen Make the most clamorous fanfaronade O'er their most worthless work; and I'm afraid They're not entirely different from the hen. Lo! the drum-major in his coat of gold, His blazing breeches and high-towering cap -- Imperiously pompous, grandly bold, Grim, resolute, an awe-inspiring chap! Who'd think this gorgeous creature's only virtue Is that in battle he will never hurt you? Hannibal Hunsiker |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Screw-off cap for company, boxed wine for leisure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cap" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.25% of the time. "Cap" is used about 1,804 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.25% | 1,664 | 5,024 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.43% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.83% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.33% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,804 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cap" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cap | Last name | 300 | 24,847 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | New Cap Reinsurance Corportaion Holdings Ltd | Denmark | Small Cap Danmark A.S. |
| France | Cap Gemini Ernst & Young S.A. | Netherlands | Cap Gemini N.V. |
| United Kingdom | The Fleming Mid Cap Investment Trust P.L.C. | USA | First Fed Cap Corpn |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "cap": A feather in the cap ♦ armed cap a pie ♦ ascension pipe cap ♦ axle cap ♦ ball cap ♦ barret cap ♦ baseball cap ♦ bathing cap ♦ bell cap ♦ Bishop's cap ♦ black cap ♦ blasting cap ♦ bottle cap ♦ cap and bells ♦ cap cloud ♦ Cap in hand ♦ cap it all ♦ cap maker ♦ Cap money ♦ Cap of a cannon ♦ cap of liberty ♦ Cap of maintenance ♦ cap off ♦ cap opener ♦ cap paper ♦ cap peak ♦ Cap rock ♦ cap rock(1,2) ♦ cap screw ♦ cap valve ♦ cervical cap ♦ Chimney cap ♦ cloth cap ♦ coonskin cap ♦ cradle cap ♦ crown cap ♦ Crystal Cap ♦ death cap ♦ deerstalker cap ♦ detonating cap ♦ distributor cap ♦ doctoral cap ♦ dunce cap ♦ dunce's cap ♦ dutch cap ♦ ear cap ♦ felt cap ♦ field cap ♦ filler cap ♦ flat cap ♦ Fly cap ♦ fool's cap ♦ fool's cap and bells ♦ Forage cap ♦ Foraging cap ♦ Fortunatus's cap ♦ Friar's cap ♦ fur cap ♦ fuse cap ♦ garrison cap ♦ golf cap ♦ goliath cap ♦ Goose cap ♦ gooseneck cap ♦ Graduated cap ♦ Half cap ♦ Hay cap ♦ ice cap ♦ impermeable cap rock ♦ ink cap ♦ inky cap ♦ jockey cap ♦ knee cap ♦ Legal cap ♦ lens cap ♦ liberty cap ♦ life cap ♦ miniature cap ♦ mob cap ♦ night cap ♦ nose cap ♦ overseas cap ♦ Oxford cap ♦ peaked cap ♦ peakless cap ♦ percussion cap ♦ phrygian cap ♦ pile cap ♦ Plant Root Cap ♦ polar cap ♦ polar cap absorption ♦ protective cap ♦ pull one's cap over one's eyes ♦ put on one's thinking cap ♦ radiator cap ♦ red cap ♦ RNA Cap Analogs ♦ root cap ♦ sailor cap ♦ screw cap ♦ screwed cap. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cap": cap-a-pie, cap-badge, cap-band, cap-de-long, Cap-ferrat, cap-firing, cap-gun, cap-haitien, cap-in-hand, Cap-like, cap-nut, cap-peak, cap-pins, cap-pistol, cap-rouge, cap-shaped, Cap-sil, cap-sleeve, cap-sleeved, cap-sleeves, cap-snatching, cap-stone, cap-throwing, cap-trigger, cap-twisting, cap-wearing. | |
Ending with "cap": C-cap, ice-cap, knee-cap, mob-cap, night-cap, one-cap, skull-cap, toe-cap. | |
Containing "cap": black-cap chickadee, Elvis-as-hub-cap-thief, inky-cap mushroom, Turk's-cap lily. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cap | 2,612 | cap gemini | 227 |
cap game pop | 1,615 | leer truck cap | 189 |
truck cap | 1,534 | cap sly | 187 |
hub cap | 1,483 | white cap | 186 |
baseball cap | 1,223 | cap promotional | 177 |
star cap | 1,020 | plastic cap | 164 |
cap and gown | 808 | center cap | 154 |
navy cap | 560 | small cap stock | 152 |
ball cap | 486 | hat and cap | 149 |
cap pop | 464 | cap.com pop | 149 |
new era cap | 438 | post cap | 129 |
cap gun | 368 | hub cap used | 121 |
sport cap | 350 | bottle cap | 120 |
graduation cap | 334 | graduation cap and gown | 118 |
swim cap | 326 | college cap | 117 |
cap d agde | 296 | cap hub spinning | 115 |
logo cap | 290 | fitted cap | 114 |
chimney cap | 237 | pickup truck cap | 109 |
cradle cap | 231 | cap juluca | 104 |
skull cap | 227 | mesh cap | 101 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | pet. (various references) | |
Albanian | vë kapak (hood), skufje, shkronja kapitale (capital, caps), mbuloj (be submerged, bespread, blanket, Ceil, cloak, clothe, cover, cover in, cover over, cover up for, curtain, defray, disguise, dissimulate, enshroud, entwine, envelop, enwrap, heap, incase, mantle, overcast, overspread, paint out, roof, screen, sheathe, sheet, smother, suffuse, tuck up, wrap), kupë (beaker, canakin, canikin, cannikin, canonry, canopy, chalice, cornet, cup, cupping glass, goblet, heart, jorum, Mazer, mug, patella, plate, rummer, torus, tumbler, winebowl), kasketë (forage cap, poke, pork pie hat), kapak (cover, covering, cowl, hood, lid), kësulë (coif, hat, headgear, lid, mitre, skull cap), i heq kapelën, helmetë (basinet, headpiece, helm, helmet, tin hat). (various references) | |
Arabic | كبسولة (cachet, capsule), قلنسوة (bonnet, calotte, capuche, cowl, hat, hood, mitre, tall hat), قبعة (beanie, bowler hat, foolscap, hat, tall hat, trilby hat), غطى (coat, cover, encase, face, invest, line, litter, mantle, mask, mat, pall, paper, plaster, roof, sheathe, sheet, shield, smolder, smoulder, tuck, wrap), غطاء الشىء, تخطى الذروة, تجاوز (encroach, encroachment, exceed, excuse, jut, leapfrog, obtrude, omission, outbalance, outmatch, outrun, outstrip, overreach, override, overrun, overtake, overtaking, pass, passing, project, rise, span, surpass, transcend, transcendence, transgress, trespass), زود (accommodate, assort, button, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, gloss, irrigate, lend, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), طبقة من مطاط, ذروة (acme, climax, crown, heyday, paroxysm, pinnacle, roof, summit, top, vertex, zenith), أتم (accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, fulfil, fulfill, negotiate, perfect, realize, round off). (various references) | |
Basque | kapelu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | капсула (cachet, capsule, percussion cap, primer, sheath, theca), превъзхождам (beat, domineer, exceed, extinguish, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outrival, outstrip, out-top, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overmatch, overpass, overtop, surpass, transcend), закривам (abolish, adjourn, case, close down, cover, hide, intercept, liquidate, obscure, obstruct, shield, shroud, shut down, shut out), затапвам, най-висока точка (high water mark, peak, perfection, tiptop), връх (acme, apex, consummation, cope-stone, cusp, extremity, full, gad, head, height, heyday, loop, meridian, peak, perfection, pink, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex), покривам (bestride, case, clothe, coat, cope, cover, cover up, deck, defray, do over, encase, encrust, enshroud, film, horse, invest, mantle, overcast, overlay, overlie, overspread, pave, pit, pustulate, sheet, surmount, vesture, wreathe), капак (bonnet, cover, hood, lid, revers, shutter, top), свалям шапка (uncover), каскет, кепе (kepi, skull cap), шапка на гъба, фуражка, слагам капак на (top), слагам шапка на някого, главна буква (capital, capital letter, majuscule). (various references) | |
Chinese | 絻 , 盖帽, 便帽 , 弁 , 冠 (crest, crown, hat, to head), 套子 , 和 (and, harmony, mix together, peace, respond in singing, soft, to blend, together with, union, warm, with), 帽子 (hat), 帽 (hat). (various references) | |
Czech | víèko (cover, lid, valve), udìlit (award, bestow, confer, give, grant, impart, invest, vest), smeknout (bow, slip off, take off), přikrýt (cover, drape), přetrumfnout, příkrov (coping), nasadit víèko, klobouèek, čepice, èepice (hat), èepeèek, èapka (hat). (various references) | |
Danish | hue, kasket. (various references) | |
Dutch | pet (Privacy Enhancing Technology), muts (bonnet), kap (bonnet, cowl, hood, lamp-shade, roof). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kufo (bonnet), kaskedo, ĉapo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kýsi (bonnet), hetta (bonnet, cowl, hood, these, this, this here), húgva. (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشش دارکردن , کلاهک (Bonnet, Cupule, Lid, Warhead), کلاه (Hat), سلام دادن بوسیله برداشتن کلاه ازسر, سرپوش (Capsule, Casquet, Cover, Lid, Valve), سربطری یاقوطی , راس (Climax, Head, Peak, Pinnacle, Tip, Top, Vertex), باکلاهک پوشاندن . (various references) | |
Finnish | paalunpään suojus, paalun suojus, myssy (bonnet, cosy), lakki, kupu (craw, crop), kanta (attitude, base, counterfoil, head, heel, point of view, population, stalk, stand, standard, standpoint, stub), hilkka (hood), hattu (hat). (various references) | |
French | bonnet, toque, casquette, calotte (calotte), coiffe (caul), chapeau (canopy, cradle cap), capsule (capsule), calot, amorce (blasting cap, carried wet, catching, fuse cap, percussion cap). (various references) | |
German | Kappe (bonnet, coif, cover, cowl, helmet, hood, top), Haube (bonnet, coif, cover, cozy, crest, drying hood, hood, mobcap), Mütze (bonnet, hat), krone (coping, corona, coronet, crest, crown, krona, top, winder), kapsel (capsule, container, detonator, firing-cap), deckel (board, cover, hood, lid, lids, top), bedecken (cover, eclipse, occult, overlay, suffuse, to cover, to overcast, top). (various references) | |
Greek | καπάκι (lid), σκούφος, τραγιάσκα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כובע (hat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sapka (bonnet, coif, dome, hat). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sumbat botol, peci, kopiah. (various references) | |
Italian | berretto (beret, bonnet, hat), cuffia (bonnet, casing, coif, cowling, earphone, earphones, headphone, headphones, headset, hood), cappuccio (cowl, hood), cappello (hat), calotta (calotte, canopy, cover, covering). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鳥打ち帽 , 蓋 (cover, lid), 冠 (best, crown, diadem, first, naming, peerless), 冠 (best, crown, designating, diadem, first, initiating on coming of age, naming, peerless, top character radical), 口金 , キャッシュレス社会 (cabaret, cabaret club, cabinet, caching, caddie, caddie bag, caddy, caddy bag, Cadillac, call waiting, cannon, cannonball, canola, canon, capacitance, capacitor, capacity, capless, cashless society, castle, catch, catch ball, catch bar, catch copy, catch sales, catcher, catchphrase, catchword, cat's-eye, catwalk, caviar, play catch, top reporter at a newspaper's local office). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がい (congratulatory feeling, cover, criminal investigation, damage, evil influence, harm, hundred quintillion, hundred trillion, injury, lid, meaning of a picture, obstinacy, scythe, self-will, suitability, victory song), くちがね, ふた (cover, lid, pair, set), かんむり (best, crown, designating, diadem, first, initiating on coming of age, naming, peerless, top character radical), かん (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), キャップ (top reporter at a newspaper's local office), とりうちぼう. (various references) | |
Korean | 모자 (hat). (various references) | |
Manx | keim er stowal er, farkyl (cover, lid), cur bayrn er, crooiney, capeen, cap, baare (apex, climax, crest of wave, curl, end, film on milk, interval, point, ruin, summit, surface, tip, toe, top). (various references) | |
Occitan | casqueta. (various references) | |
Papiamen | pèchi, bonèchi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tampão (disc, disk, dossil, stop, stopgap, stopper, tampion, tampon, turntable), boné (bonnet, lid), barrete (barret, barrette, beret, bonnet, coif, coxcomb, toque). (various references) | |
Romanian | capac (cover, cowl, lid, top), calotã (calotte, crown, dome, lid), vârf (acme, apex, climax, crest, cusp, edge, end, head, height, knoll, nib, nozzle, peak, pinnacle, point, style, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping), pune şapcã pe cap, pãlãrie (hat, head-gear, topper), bonetã (bonnet, capot, hood), beretã (beret, bonnet), şef (boss, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, header, headman, leader, manager, master, president, principal, ringleader, superior), şapcã, acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, obfuscate, overgrow, overlap, overlay, overspread, paint, pepper, protect, roof, sheathe, shelter, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil), înveliş (casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cover, crust, dress, envelopment, film, integument, jacket, lap, layer, mantle, shroud, skin), încununa (crown, enwreathe, top, wreathe). (various references) | |
Russian | кепка (peaked cap), пробка (bibb, spigot, stopper, tap), заглушка (dummy), закрывать колпачок (caps), заслонка (damper, door, flap, register, shutter, sliding, valve), наконечник (adapter, aglet, ferrule, nosepiece, nozzle, shoe, tag, thimble), насадка (adjutage, adjutancy, filling, headpiece, neck, nozzle), верхушка (apex, cop, helm, top, topping), вставлять капсюль, пистон (pellet, percussion cap), капсюль (capsule, percussion cup, primer), электродетонатор, колпак (bell, bonnet, cope, dome, globe, hood, hubcap, lid), колпачок, крышка (cover, hood, lid), шляпка (head), шапка (banner headline, hat, header, helmet, masthead), тарелка клапана, цоколь (dado, die, seating, socle), чепец (mutch), капитель (capital). (various references) | |
Scottish | currac (cowl, woman's head dress). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | staviti kapu, poklopac (cover, coverlid, lid, panel, shutter), plafon (ceiling, plafond), nadmašiti (beat, break, excel, outbalance, outbid, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outreach, outride, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overmatch, overtop, score off, surpass, top, top up, transcend), krunisati (coronate, crown, crown all), kaptirati, kapisla (primer), kapa (coif, hat), kačket. (various references) | |
Spanish | gorro (bearskin, bonnet, skullcap), tapar (close, cover, fill, plug, screen, seal, shield, stop, stop up, tap), gorra (bonnet), birrete (beret, biretta, mortarboard). (various references) | |
Swedish | mössa (bonnet), luva (woolen cap), hylsa (Bush, case, collar, collet, Hull, husk, socket), huv (bonnet, case, cover, hood), hatt (hat, hatt, hood, pileus). (various references) | |
Thai | แตะหมวกคำนับ, สวมหมวก, ฝาครอบ, อักษรตัวใหญ่, หมวก (hat). (various references) | |
Turkish | zirve (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crown, culmination, cusp, head, height, high, high tide, meridian, payoff, peak, Pike, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), tepe (apex, apical, crest, crown, down, eminence, eminency, fell, head, height, Hill, hump, Mount, peak, ridge, rise, roof, tip, top, topknot, vertex), kep takmak, kep (bonnet, mortarboard, tile), kasket (balmoral, forage cap, peaked cap), kapital (capital, corpus, funds), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall), kapak (bonnet, capsule, clack, cover, covering letter, dome, flap, hatch, hatchway, lid, shutter, top), geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), daha iyisini yapmak, başlık (bonnet, caption, casque, chapiter, head-dress, headgear, heading, headline, headpiece, helmet, hood, lemma, prelims, title), başkent (capital, metropolis, metropolitan), şapka (bonnet, hat, headgear), örtmek (blanket, canopy, carpet, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, coat, conceal, condone, cope, cover, cover up, encase, enshroud, envelop, hood, incase, lap, robe, screen, shade, sheet, shield, shroud, shut, submerge, wrap). (various references) | |
Turkmen | papak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зняти шапку, головка (head), вставляти капсуль, взяти верх, велика літера (capital), очіпок (caul, mob cap), накривати чохлом, довершувати, надівати шапку, картуз, завершувати (accomplish, carry out, close, conclude, consummate, finish off, fulfil, integrate, perfect, round, ultimate, wind up), запечатувати (seal), берет (barret, beret), пістон (piston, primer), присуджувати учений ступінь, перевершити (outbid, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outshine, outvie, overbid), наконечник (adapter, nosepiece, nozzle, orifice, point, thimble, tip), шапка (hat), утворювати шапку, увінчувати (crown, top up), чохол (case, cover, covering, jacket, protector, sheet, slip over, slipcover, tick, wrapper), чепець (coif), чарка, футляр (cabinet, case, casing, cover, encasement, hose, sheath), каптур (amice, cowl, riding-hood), шолом (basin-hat, casque, headpiece, helmet), капсуль (capsule), кришка (capsule, cover, lid), ковпачок (capsule), ковпак (lid), келих (beaker, bumper, chalice, cistern, goblet, rouse, wineglass), кепі (kepi), кепка, ярмулка (skull cap), тюбетейка (skull cap). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chóp (comb, crown, ridge, top), chỏm (crest, cusp, head, ridge, summit), van, suy nghĩ kỹ lưỡng quyến rũ ai, quan toà (adjudicator, band, court, judge, magistrate), mũ lưỡi trai, hành động tếu (faux pas), giáo sư (devil-dodger), 43 x 0. (various references) | |
Welsh | cap. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | apex, apicem, caput. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | cappa. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | muste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cap": capabilities, capability, capable, capableness, capablenesses, capabler, capablest, capably, capacious, capaciously, capaciousness, capaciousnesses, capacitance, capacitances, capacitate, capacitated, capacitates, capacitating, capacitation, capacitations, capacities, capacitive, capacitively, capacitor, capacitors, capacity, caparison, caparisoned, caparisoning, caparisons, cape, caped, capelan, capelans, capelet, capelets, capelin, capelins, caper, capercaillie, capercaillies, capercailzie, capercailzies, capered, caperer, caperers, capering, capers, capes, capeskin, capeskins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cap": becap, blackcap, bluecap, flatcap, foolscap, haircap, handicap, hubcap, icecap, kneecap, madcap, mobcap, mudcap, nightcap, recap, redcap, skullcap, skycap, snowcap, toecap, uncap, whitecap. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cap": acapnia, acapnias, airscape, airscapes, anticapitalism, anticapitalisms, anticapitalist, anticapitalists, bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, bathyscaphes, bathyscaphs, becapped, becapping, becaps, blackcaps, bluecaps, cityscape, cityscapes, cloudscape, cloudscapes, cocaptain, cocaptained, cocaptaining, cocaptains, decapitate, decapitated, decapitates, decapitating, decapitation, decapitations, decapitator, decapitators, decapod, decapodan, decapodans, decapodous, decapods, dimercaprol, dimercaprols, dodecaphonic, dodecaphonically, dodecaphonies, dodecaphonist, dodecaphonists, dodecaphony, encapsulate, encapsulated, encapsulates, encapsulating, encapsulation. (additional references) | |
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"Cap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acop, acq, acsp, bapp, bcap, caa, cac, cacp, cadpr, caj, calp, canp, cao, capd, caph, capi, Capn, capp, capt, caq, Casp, cau, cawp, cax, cdp, ceap, cep, cepa, Cepg, Cepn, Cepo, cept, Cfao, Cfpo, cga, chp, Ciapp, Ciip, cip, Cipa, cipo, cka, cmp, copp, copq, corp, cpan, cpap, cpg, cpm, cpp, cqa, crp, csp, ctp, Cupp, cupw, cva, cvp, ec-acp, Kap, Mcpa, Ucip. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cap" (pronounced ka"p) |
| 2 | -a" p | chap, clap, crap, entrap, flap, frap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, unwrap, wrap, yap, Zap. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pac. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-p" | |
-1 letter: pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-p" | |
+1 letter: camp, cape, caph, capo, caps, carp, chap, clap, crap, paca, pace, pack, pacs, pact, pica. | |
+2 letters: apace, aspic, becap, campi, campo, camps, campy, caped, caper, capes, caphs, capon, capos, caput, carpi, carps, champ, chape, chaps, chapt, cheap, clamp, claps, clapt, clasp, coapt, copal, copra, cramp, crape, craps, culpa, cuppa, epact, pacas, paced, pacer, paces, pacha, packs, pacts, panic, parch, patch, peace, peach, pecan, pical, picas, place, plack, plica, poach, pucka, recap, scalp, scamp, scape, scarp, scaup, scrap, space, spacy, spica, uncap. | |
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