Capping

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Lying or exaggerating. countable, slang, uncountable
  2. 7
    The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer. Internet, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY. Internet, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cap form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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a cut aboveaboveaheadascendantbetterchosen

Example

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"The information was the capping climax."

Etymology

From cap + -ing.

Related phrases

cold cappingsoft cappingoil well

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