[kap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak
(e.g: a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap)

- a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens
(e.g: a glass bottle with a screw cap)

- an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing
(e.g: he raised the cap on local authority spending)

- a contraceptive diaphragm

- the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores



Phrases:
- cap of maintenance
- if the cap fits, wear it
- set one's cap at
- to cap it all

Origin:
Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’

[kap], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put a lid or cover on
(e.g: he capped his pen)

- provide a fitting climax or conclusion to
(e.g: he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions)

- place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing)
(e.g: council budgets will be capped)

- be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one
(e.g: he was capped ten times by England)

- confer a university degree on


Phrases:
- cap of maintenance
- if the cap fits, wear it
- set one's cap at
- to cap it all

Origin:
Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’

[kap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (especially in African American usage) untrue or exaggerated talk or writing
(e.g: he responded to the rumours by telling the critics and trolls to ‘stop the cap’)


Phrases:
- no cap

Origin:
late 19th century (as verb in sense ‘praise or promote’): probably a use of cap

[kap], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (especially in African American usage) speak in an untruthful or exaggerating way; lie or exaggerate
(e.g: does she really have a tape with him or is she just capping for cash?)


Phrases:
- no cap

Origin:
late 19th century (as verb in sense ‘praise or promote’): probably a use of cap

[kap], (Noun)

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[ˌsiːˌeɪˈpiː], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- Common Agricultural Policy

- Civil Air Patrol


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