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capping en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkapɪŋ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English -ing English capping From cap + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
    • I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  2. (countable, uncountable) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
  4. (countable, slang, uncountable) The act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
  7. (countable, qualifier:from; African-American Vernacular; from; African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Lying or exaggerating.
  8. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
  9. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cappings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cold capping · pitchcapping · soft capping

capping en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkapɪŋ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English -ing English capping From cap + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cap
    form of cap