c.a.p

Civil Air Patrol.

Common Agricultural Policy: a coordinated system established in 1960 by the European Economic community for stabilizing prices of farm products of its member countries.

computer-aided publishing.

Stock Exchange. convertible adjustable preferred (stock).

Also, C.A.P (for defs 1, 2, 4).

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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cap (kæp)

—n
1.	a covering for the head, esp a small close-fitting one made of cloth or knitted
2.	such a covering serving to identify the wearer's rank, occupation, etc: a nurse's cap
3.	something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover: lens cap
4.	an uppermost surface or part: the cap of a wave
5.	a. See percussion cap
	b. a small amount of explosive enclosed in paper and used in a toy gun
6.	chiefly (Brit) sport
	a. an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team: he has won three England caps
	b. a player chosen for such a team
7.	the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order
8.	the roof of a windmill, sometimes in the form of a dome
9.	botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool
10.	hunting
	a. money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting
	b. a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity
11.	anatomy
	a. the natural enamel covering a tooth
	b. an artificial protective covering for a tooth
12.	See Dutch cap
13.	an upper financial limit
14.	a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)
15.	meteorol
	a. the cloud covering the peak of a mountain
	b. the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus
16.	cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour
17.	(Brit) if the cap fits the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
18.	set one's cap for, set one's cap at (of a woman) to be determined to win as a husband or lover

—vb , caps, capping, capped
19.	to cover, as with a cap: snow capped the mountain tops
20.	informal to outdo; excel: your story caps them all; to cap an anecdote
21.	to cap it all to provide the finishing touch: we had sun, surf, cheap wine, and to cap it all a free car
22.	(Brit) sport to select (a player) for a representative team: he was capped 30 times by Scotland
23.	to seal off (an oil or gas well)
24.	to impose an upper limit on the level of increase of (a tax, such as the council tax): rate-capping
25.	hunting to ask (hunt followers) for a cap
26.	chiefly (Scot), (NZ) to award a degree to

[Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa hood, perhaps from Latin caput head]

'capper

—n

CAP

—*abbreviation for*
	Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels

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Word Origin & History

cap

O.E. cæppe "hood, head-covering," from L.L. cappa "a cape, hooded cloak," possibly shortened from capitulare "headdress," from L. caput "head" (see head). Meaning "women's head covering" is early 13c. in English; extended to men late 14c. Of cap-like coverings on the

ends of anything (e.g. hub-cap) from mid-15c. Meaning "contraceptive device" is first recorded 1916. "Cap-shaped piece of copper lined with gunpowder and used to ignite a gun" is c.1826; extended to paper version used in toy pistols, 1872. The L.L. word apparently originally meant "a woman's head-covering," but the sense transferred to "hood of a cloak," then to "cloak" itself, though the various senses co-existed. O.E. took in two forms of the L.L. word, one meaning "head-covering," the other "ecclesiastical dress" (see cape (1)). In most Romance languages, a dim. of L.L. cappa has become the usual word for "head-covering" (cf. Fr. chapeau).

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Medical Dictionary

cap (kāp)
n.
A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip and that resembles a close-fitting head covering.

CAP abbr.
catabolite gene activator protein

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Slang Dictionary

cap definition

n.
a capsule of a drug. : Do you want it in caps or elixir?
tv.
to exceed something; to surpass something. : I know I can't cap that. That's just super!
tv.
to make a capsule. : I must have capped 300 placebos today.
tv.
to kill someone. : The kid capped his friend for dissing him.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

cap
capsule

CAP

Capricorn
Capricornus (constellation)
Civil Air Patrol
carcinoma of prostate
community-acquired pneumonia
computer-aided publishing

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