Antonyms for capping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kap-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp ɪŋ


Definition of capping

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to put a cap on," from cap (n.). Meaning "cover as with s cap" is from c.1600. Figurative sense of "go one better" is from 1580s. Related: Capped; capping.
  • verb outdo a performance
Example sentences :
  • It is the capping climax of the whole revelation of God's Word.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation » by S. D. Gordon
  • Then it became eleven, and Crook was tired of it, and made the capping move in his bluff.
  • Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister
  • On our left and more distant, capping a high eminence, Mizpah was seen.
  • Extract from : « Eli and Sibyl Jones » by Rufus Matthew Jones
  • When the upper face of the tablet splits off, we speak of "capping."
  • Extract from : « Candy Medication » by Bernard Fantus
  • Should "capping" still occur, the amount of fat starch might be increased.
  • Extract from : « Candy Medication » by Bernard Fantus
  • Away on the horizon you may perceive a monument, capping a hill.
  • Extract from : « The Hardy Country » by Charles G. Harper
  • The old man had never seen Pittsburgh and it war the capping argument.
  • Extract from : « Ande Trembath » by Matthew Stanley Kemp
  • Three courses of brick are corbelled to make the capping of the chimneys.
  • Extract from : « Green Spring Farm » by Ross Netherton
  • Then they all began to pay him compliments, each one capping the other's remark.
  • Extract from : « Orientations » by William Somerset Maugham
  • At twenty they underwent the ceremony of capping, and were considered men.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Confucius » by Epiphanius Wilson

Synonyms for capping

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