Meaning

31 senses
  1. A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

    The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.

  2. A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

    Dienstmütze

    фура́жкаfurážka

  3. An academic mortarboard.

  4. A protective cover or seal.

    He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.

    колпачо́кkolpačók, кры́шкаkrýška, кры́шечкаkrýšečka

    something serving as a cover or protection

  5. A crown for covering a tooth.

    He had golden caps on his teeth.

    коро́нкаkorónka

    (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

  6. The summit of a mountain, etc.

    There was snow on the cap of the mountain.

    верши́наveršína

  7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

    We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.

    Obergrenze

    ограниче́ниеograničénije, кэпkɛp

    an upper limit on what is allowed

  8. The top part of a mushroom.

    Hut

    шля́пкаšljápka

    a top (as for a bottle)

  9. 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.

    писто́нpistón

    a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

  10. 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.

  11. (slang)A bullet used to shoot someone.

    масли́наmaslína

  12. (slang)A lie or exaggeration.

    no cap

    that’s cap

Examples

323 sentences
  1. What is the price of this cap?

    Яка ціна цієї кепки? — deniko

    ruСколько стоит эта кепка? — afyodor

    deWas kostet diese Mütze? — samueldora

  2. I paid ten dollars for this cap.

    Я заплатив за цю кепку десять доларів. — deniko

    ruЯ заплатил десять долларов за эту шляпу. — afyodor

    deIch habe zehn Dollar für diese Mütze gezahlt. — MUIRIEL

  3. Where is your cap?

    Де твоя кепка? — deniko

    ruГде твоя шапка? — KatrinI

    deWo ist deine Mütze? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Take off your cap.

    Зніми кепку. — deniko

    ruСними шапку. — Avelesy

    deNimm deine Mütze ab. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Tom often wears a baseball cap.

    Том часто ходить у бейсбольній кепці. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 10
small amount of explosive used as detonator:
head-covering to indicate rank etc.:
protective cover or seal:
crown covering a tooth:
summit of a mountain:
artificial upper limit:
top part of a mushroom:
gunpowder charge for a toy gun:
bullet:
head covering:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
head-covering to indicate rank etc.:
artificial upper limit:
top part of a mushroom:
head covering:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kap

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.

Various clippings from longer words beginning with the three letters.

From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

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Forms

plural: caps
Singularcap
Pluralcaps

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom:pileus
  • a protective covering that is part of a plant:hood
  • the upper part of a column that supports the entablature:capitalchapiter
  • a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive:detonatordetonating device
  • an upper limit on what is allowed:ceilingroof
  • (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth:crowncrownworkjacketjacket crown

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

189 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • a baseball cap
  • baseball cap
  • wearing a cap
  • blue cap
  • bathing cap

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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