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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kap |
| Phonetic Transcription : kæp |
Definition of cap
Origin :- late Old English cæppe "hood, head-covering, cape," from Late Latin cappa "a cape, hooded cloak" (source of Spanish capa, Old North French cape, French chape), possibly a shortened from capitulare "headdress," from Latin caput "head" (see head (n.)).
- Meaning "women's head covering" is early 13c. in English; extended to men late 14c. Figurative thinking cap is from 1839 (considering cap is 1650s). Of cap-like coverings on the ends of anything (e.g. hub-cap) from mid-15c. Meaning "contraceptive device" is first recorded 1916. That of "cap-shaped piece of copper lined with gunpowder and used to ignite a firearm" is c.1826; extended to paper version used in toy pistols, 1872 (cap-pistol is from 1879).
- The Late Latin word apparently originally meant "a woman's head-covering," but the sense was transferred to "hood of a cloak," then to "cloak" itself, though the various senses co-existed. Old English took in two forms of the Late Latin word, one meaning "head-covering," the other "ecclesiastical dress" (see cape (n.1)). In most Romance languages, a diminutive of Late Latin cappa has become the usual word for "head-covering" (e.g. French chapeau).
- noun small hat
- verb outdo a performance
- "I'll walk a bit with you," said his sister, donning her jacket and a cap.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "I'll come," said he, disappearing in search of cap and gloves.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- I am afraid just now I am thinking more of the cap than of what it means.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- To save her cap she had taken it off, and early streaks of silver showed in her hair.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When, at last, he rose and picked up his cap; it was nine o'clock.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "If I'd known you were coming I would have borrowed a cap," she said.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He had his Sunday clothes on, which was good; and his cap was also on his head.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Pushing his plate to one side, Stineli's father put his cap on his head.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- You're getting dreadfully mannish in your appearance, daughter; it's that cap.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He is like a camera with the cap on—he never gets a new impression.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
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