cap
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- (countable) A cap is a small hat.
- He was wearing blue jeans and a ball cap.
- (countable) A cap is a cover that closes the end of something, such as a bottle or pipe.
- First we need to remove the cap, then we can drain the fluid from the tank.
- (countable) A cap is a limit.
- The government should place a cap on spending for next year.
- (countable) A cap is small piece of explosive that is used to set off larger explosives.
- (countable); (botany) A cap is the top part of a mushroom.
- (countable) A cap is a crown for covering a tooth.
- (countable) A cap is the summit (top) of a mountain.
- (countable) A cap is a small amount of gunpowder that is used to set off a toy gun.
- (slang) (countable) If you "pop a cap" on someone, you shoot them with a gun.
- You best watch out or I'll bust a cap in your ass.
- (sports) A cap is an international appearance of a player in a team.
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- (transitive) If you cap something, you put a cap on it.
- Antonym: uncap
- We need to cap that pipe before turning the water back on.
- (transitive) If you cap something, you set an upper limit on it.
- (transitive) If something caps something, it fits on it and is a cap for it.
- (slang); (transitive) If you cap someone, you shoot that person.
- (transitive) If you cap something, you lie over or on top of something.
- (transitive) If you cap something, you surpass or outdo something.