cap
cap is internet slang for "lies" or "you're lying"
$ \mathrm{cap}^1 |kap|
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noun
1. a kind of soft, flat hat without a brim and typically with a visor:
(縁のない)帽子 (!hatと違い, ひさし付きはあるが縁はない) ; 〖通例複合語で〗(ある目的のためにかぶる)…帽, キャップ
e.g. a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap
e.g. figurative : her cap of dark hair.
with adjective or noun modifier a kind of soft, close-fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose or as a mark of a particular profession or status:
e.g. a nurse's cap
e.g. a bathing cap.
an academic mortarboard:
(大学の式典でかぶる)角帽(mortar board)
e.g. graduates in cap and gown.
the top of a bird's head when distinctively colored.
2. a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens:
(ペンなどの)キャップ; (びんなどの)ふた; (ふたのように)覆うもの; (靴の)つま先; (膝の)皿
e.g. a glass bottle with a screw cap
e.g. a lens cap from a camera.
an artificial protective covering for a tooth.
(治療した)歯冠
3. an upper limit imposed on spending or other activities:
(支出金額などの)上限
e.g. a cap on government purchases.
4. the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.
(きのこの)かさ
5. short for percussion cap.
verb (caps, capped, capping) with object
1. put a lid or cover on:
…に帽子をかぶせる; 〈びんなど〉にキャップ［ふた］をする
e.g. he capped his pen.
form a covering layer or top part of:
〖通例be ～ped〗 «…で» 上部［頂, 表面］が覆われる «with, by»
e.g. as adjective, in combination (-capped) : snow-capped mountains
e.g. several towers were capped by domes.
put an artificial protective covering on (a tooth):
〈歯〉に歯冠をかぶせる(crown)
e.g. (as adjective capped) : his smile revealed perfectly capped teeth.
2. provide a fitting climax or conclusion to:
«…で» …を締めくくる «with, by» ; …を仕上げる
e.g. he capped a memorable season by becoming champion.
follow or reply to (a story, remark, or joke) by producing a better or more apposite one:
｟主に英｠ 〈他の発言･行為〉よりすごい事を言う［する］, …をしのぐ
e.g. they capped each other's stories.
3. place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or other activity):
〈支出金額など〉の上限を設ける (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. council budgets will be capped.
PHRASES
set one's cap for (or set one's cap at)
dated (of a woman) try to attract (a particular man) as a suitor.
DERIVATIVES
capful |ˈkapˌfo͝ol| noun (plural capfuls)
ORIGIN
Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’.
$ \mathrm{cap}^2 |kap|
noun Finance
short for capitalization:
e.g. as modifier : mid-cap companies
e.g. small-cap stocks.