cap
/kæp/
cap
English
Noun Top 3,050
American (Lessac)
(medium)
Female
0.6s
American (Amy)
(medium)
Female
0.6s
American (Ryan)
(medium)
Male
0.2s
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Definition
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.
Example Sentences
- "The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun."
- "That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white, “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight” That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small, “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”"
- "He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne."
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