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cap⋅ping

  [kap-ing]
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–noun Mining.
overburden (def. 3).
Origin:
cap 1 + -ing 1
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1  [kap] noun, verb, capped, cap⋅ping.
–noun
1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
2. a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.
3. mobcap.
4. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
5. mortarboard (def. 2).
6. Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection (def. 3a).
7. anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.
8. summit; top; acme.
9. a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year.
10. Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom.
11. Botany. calyptra (def. 1).
12. Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.
13. a percussion cap.
14. British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.
15. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.
16. Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar.
17. a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.
18. Architecture. a capital.
19. Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.
20. Fox Hunting. capping fee.
21. Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.
–verb (used with object)
22. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
23. to complete.
24. follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
25. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.
26. to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.).
27. British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team.
–verb (used without object)
28. Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.
—Idioms
29. cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness.
30. set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME cappe, OE cæppe < LL cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. cape

Related forms:
capless, adjective

cap

2  [kap] noun, verb, capped, cap⋅ping.
–noun
1. a capital letter.
2. Usually, caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps.
–verb (used with object)
3. to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize.
Origin:
1895–1900; by shortening

o⋅ver⋅bur⋅den

  [v. oh-ver-bur-dn; n. oh-ver-bur-dn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
–noun
2. an excessive burden.
3. Also called burden, capping. Mining. waste earth and rock covering a mineral deposit.
Origin:
1570–80; over- + burden 1
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cap 1   (kāp)   
n.  

  1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.

    1. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group: a cardinal's cap; a sailor's cap.

    2. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.

    3. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.

    4. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.

    5. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.

    6. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.

    7. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye.

    8. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.

    9. A calyptra.

    10. A percussion cap.

    11. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.

    1. A protective cover or seal, especially one that closes off an end or a tip: a bottle cap; a 35-millimeter lens cap.

    2. A crown for covering or sealing a tooth.

    3. A tread for a worn pneumatic tire.

    4. A fitted covering used to seal a well or large pipe.

    5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See eye.

    6. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.

    7. A calyptra.

    8. A percussion cap.

    9. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.

  4. A summit or top, as of a mountain.

  5. An upper limit; a ceiling: placed a cap on mortgage rates.

  6. Architecture The capital of a column.

  7. Botany

    1. The top part, or pileus, of a mushroom.

    2. A calyptra.

    3. A percussion cap.

    4. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.

    1. A percussion cap.

    2. A small explosive charge enclosed in paper for use in a toy gun.

  9. Any of several sizes of writing paper, such as foolscap.

  10. Sports An appearance by a player in an international soccer game, traditionally rewarded with a hat.

tr.v.   capped, cap·ping, caps

  1. To cover, protect, or seal with a cap.

  2. To award a special cap to as a sign of rank or achievement: capped the new women nurses at graduation.

  3. To lie over or on top of; cover: hills capped with snow.

  4. To apply the finishing touch to; complete: cap a meal with dessert.

  5. To follow with something better; surpass or outdo: capped his last trick with a disappearing act that brought the audience to its feet.

  6. To set an upper limit on: decided to cap cost-of-living increases.


[Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.]
cap 2   (kāp)   
n.  A capital letter.
tr.v.   capped, cap·ping, caps
To capitalize.

[Shortened form of capital1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
cap

  1. n.
    a capsule of a drug. : Do you want it in caps or elixir?
  2. tv.
    to exceed something; to surpass something. : I know I can't cap that. That's just super!
  3. tv.
    to make a capsule. : I must have capped 300 placebos today.
  4. tv.
    to kill someone. : The kid capped his friend for dissing him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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 c.1225 in Eng.; extended to men 1382. Of cap-like coverings on the ends of anything (e.g. hub-cap) from c.1440. 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).

overburden  (v.)
"to put too much weight on," 1532, from over + burden. Earliest uses are figurative.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Capping

1. The practice of selling large amounts of a commodity or security close to the options expiry date in order to prevent a rise in market price.

2. An attempt to keep a stock's price low or move its price lower by putting selling pressure on it.

Investopedia Commentary

1. The investor who might practice capping is a call option writer. If practicing capping, he or she is trying to avoid having to transfer the underlying security or commodity to the option holder. The goal is to have the option expire worthless so that the premium initially received by the writer is protected.

2. This is a violation of NASD rules.

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Financial Dictionary

cap

  1. An upper limit on the interest rate to be paid on a floating-rate note.

  2. See capitalization.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cap
Function: abbreviation
1 capacity
2 capsule
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

CAP abbr.
catabolite gene activator protein

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