Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander (someone); to insult (someone's) family.

    That guy is always capping on me—don't believe a word he says.

Examples

35 sentences

  1. Tom put his cap back on.

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  2. He put a cap on his head.

    ruОн надел шляпу на голову. — Balamax

    deEr setzte sich eine Kappe auf den Kopf. — Alois

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  3. Tom put a cap on his head.

    deTom setzte sich eine Kappe auf den Kopf. — wolfgangth

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  4. Tom had a cap on.

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  5. Tom hung his cap on a nail.

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Origin

From cap (“a lie or exaggeration”) + on.

From cap (“a lie or exaggeration”) + on.

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Forms

caps on, capping on, capped on, capped on
Base formcap on · to cap on
3rd person singularcaps on
Present participlecapping on
Past simplecapped on
Past participlecapped on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycap on
he, she, itcaps on

Past simpleLesson

all personscapped on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave capped on
he, she, ithas capped on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cap on

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
canyoncapA1capabilityB2capableB1capaciousC2capacitor
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