Definition of cap'ns in English English dictionary
- plural form of cap'n
- CAP
- Change Acceleration Process
- CAP
- Common Agricultural Policy
- CAP
- Colleague Assistance Program
- CAP
- combat air patrol
- CAP
- catabolite activator protein
- CAP
- Civil Air Patrol
- CAP
- Colors and Placements
- Cap-Haïtien
- A city on the north coast of Haiti
- cap
- An academic mortarboard
- cap
- A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
- cap
- To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc
- cap
- To convert text to uppercase
- cap
- An upper limit on the interest rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) or a floating-rate note (FRN) or an OTC, European, call option (derivative contract) with an interest rate as basis; It's used to defend from excessive interest rate increases. Opposite of a floor
- cap
- To cover or seal with a cap
- cap
- The cap worn by players as protection from the sun; the cap awarded to a player when first selected to play for a side
- cap
- To set an upper limit on something
- cap
- The top part of a mushroom
- cap
- To lie over or on top of something
- cap
- A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc
- cap
- A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
- cap
- To select a player to play for a specified side
- cap
- A bullet used to shoot someone
Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?.
- cap
- An artificial upper limit or ceiling
- cap
- An international appearance
Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
- cap
- A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak
- cap
- To surpass or outdo
- cap
- An uppercase letter
- cap
- Capitalization
- cap
- A crown for covering a tooth
- cap
- To shoot someone
If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
- cap
- A protective cover or seal
- cap
- The summit of a mountain etc
- cap and ball
- Of an early loading system for handguns where the percussion cap, powder, and bullet were separate components loaded individually into the gun. Typically used in early to mid 1800s
- cap and trade
- A market-based approach to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in emissions, participating companies being assigned an emissions quota that can be traded with others if not used
- cap cloud
- an accessory cloud in the form of a cap which occurs above, or attached to, cumulus, cumulonimbus, and sometimes stratocumulus clouds. Also occurring as a standing cloud above a geographical feature such as a mountain
- cap clouds
- plural form of cap cloud
- cap flashing
- usually composed of metal, used to cover or shield the upper edges of the membrane base flashing; wall flashing can also be used to cover the top of various building components, such as parapets or columns
- cap in hand
- In a humble and respectful manner
No longer were we required to go cap in hand to the banks if we wanted money, they were coming to us.
- cap it all off
- To surpass or outdo something
- cap it all off
- To finish or complete something
- cap nut
- A closed nut having a dome-like cap over the back, protruding part of the engaged screw or bolt
- cap off
- To finish
- cap off
- To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary)
Cap off, with discs just above the annulus, any circuits that bound in the annulus; then use annuli to cap off adjacent pairs of curves that encircle the annulus in opposite directions.
- cap over the windmill
- in a crazed manner
- cap screw
- A screw that is threaded along the entire length of the shaft and has a cap which is intended to rest against the side of the outermost material being screwed together when the screw has been screwed in to its maximum extent
- cap screws
- plural form of cap screw
- cap sheet
- A sheet, often granule-surfaced, used as the top ply of some roof membranes and/or flashings
- cap'n
- Contraction of captain used as a title
Aye aye, cap'n!.
- cap-a-pie
- From head to toe
- cap-gun
- A toy gun for children with bullets in paper caps
- cap
- A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope
- cap
- {n} a covering for the head, top, a thick block
- cap
- {v} to cover the top or head, puzzle
- cap-a-pie
- {a} from head to foot, all over, wholly
- cap and trade
- (Çevre) Emissions trading (or cap and trade) is an administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants
- cap sealing
- Induction sealing, otherwise known as cap sealing, is a non-contact method of heating a metallic disk to hermetically seal the top of plastic and glass containers. This sealing process takes place after the container has been filled and capped
- cap sleeve
- A very short sleeve (as on a dress) that hangs over the edge of the shoulder without extending along the underside of the arm
- CAP
- patrol flight at high or medium altitude in order to identify enemy aircraft
- Cap Rate
- {i} capitalization rate, interest rate for calculating the present value; method for converting an estimate of income expectancy of one a single year into an indication of value in one direct step by dividing the income estimate by a proper rate
- Cap'n Crunch
- a type of sweet breakfast cereal which is popular especially with children in the US
- cap
- something serving as a cover or protection
- cap
- restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
- cap
- A limit on how much an adjustable rate mortgages monthly payment or annual interest rate can increase A cap is meant to protect the borrower from large increases and may be a payment cap, an interest cap, a life-of- loan cap or periodic cap A payment cap is a limit on the monthly payment An interest cap is a limit on the amount of the interest rate A life-a-loan cap restricts the amount the interest rate can increase over entire term of the loan A periodic cap limits the amount the interest rate can change each interest rate adjustment date
- cap
- An uppercase letter, abbreviated from "capital"
- cap
- {i} hat; cover, cork; maximum limit or quota; summit, peak; symbol used to denote an intersection (Mathematics); top part of a mushroom; noisemaker made of paper containing a bit of gunpowder; (Dentistry) crown
- cap
- If the government caps an organization, council, or budget, it limits the amount of money that the organization or council is allowed to spend, or limits the size of the budget. The Secretary of State for Environment has the power to cap councils which spend excessively
- cap
- If someone's teeth are capped, covers are fixed over them so that they look better. He suddenly smiled, revealing teeth that had recently been capped I had my teeth capped. see also ice cap. Civil Air Patrol. To capitalize. the Common Agricultural Policy a system of laws arranged by the European Union to control the production of food and other farm crops. It set limits on how much farmers can grow, and provided them with financial support. the abbreviation of capital letter
- cap
- To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun
- cap
- To uncover the head respectfully
- cap
- See under Percussion
- cap
- To salute by removing the cap
- cap
- A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys. a dark blue baseball cap
- cap
- If a sports player is capped, they are chosen to represent their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket. Rees, 32, has been capped for England 23 times. England's most capped rugby union player
- cap
- The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck
- cap
- A term used in adjustable rate mortgages Caps limit the increase or decrease allowed in your interest rate or monthly payments from one adjustment period to the next Caps also may limit the interest rate over the entire term of the loan For example, if your mortgage has an adjustment cap of 2% per year and 16% for its life, your interest rate can never be increased or decreased by more than 2% per year or exceed 16% even though the market or fully indexed rate may go much higher
- cap
- A limit on how much the interest rate or monthly payment on an adjustable rate mortgage can change
- cap
- A limit on how much the interest rate or monthly payment of an ARM can change, either at each adjustment or during the life of the mortgage Payment CAPs don't limit the amount of interest the lender is earning so the may cause negative amortization
- cap
- A provision of an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) that limits how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may increase or decrease
- cap
- A portion of a spherical or other convex surface
- cap
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- cap
- To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap (Atasözü)s
- cap
- If someone says that a good or bad event caps a series of events, they mean it is the final event in the series, and the other events were also good or bad. The unrest capped a weekend of right-wing attacks on foreigners
- cap
- A limit on how much an adjustable rate mortgage's monthly payment or annual interest rate can increase A cap is meant to protect the borrower from large increases and may be a payment cap, an interest cap, a life-of-loan cap or periodic cap A payment cap is a limit on the monthly payment An interest cap is a limit on the amount of the interest rate A life-of-loan cap restricts the amount the interest rate can increase over the entire term of the loan A periodic cap limits the amount the interest rate can change each interest rate adjustment date For example, if your per-period cap is 1% and your current rate is 7%, then your newly adjusted rate must fall between 6% and 8% regardless of actual changes in the index
- cap
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
- cap
- a tight-fitting headdress a top (as for a bottle) something serving as a cover or protection a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
- cap
- Limits how much the interest rate or the monthly payment can increase, either at each adjustment or during the life of the mortgage Payment caps don't limit the amount of interest the lender is earning and may cause negative amortization
- cap
- lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains
- cap
- A provision of an adjustable rate mortgage that limits how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may change
- cap
- Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc
- cap
- One of two different types of limits for adjustable-rate mortgages The life cap limits the highest or lowest interest rate that is allowed over the entire life of a mortgage The periodic cap limits the amount that an interest rate can change in one adjustment period
- cap
- for women, or infants One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal
- cap
- The limit on the amount that the monthly payment and interest rate can increase on an adjustable rate mortgage
- cap
- an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"
- cap
- A provision of an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) that limits how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may increase or decrease See lifetime payment cap, lifetime rate cap, periodic payment cap, and periodic rate cap
- cap
- An upper limit on the interest rate
- cap
- lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"
- cap
- The top, or uppermost part; the chief
- cap
- A provision of an ARM limiting how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may increase CAPS (interest) - Consumer safeguards which limit the amount the interest rateon an adjustable rate mortgage may change per year and/or the life of the loan CAPS (payment) - Consumer safeguards which limit the amount monthly payments on an adjustable rate mortgage may change
- cap
- A percussion cap
- cap
- a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
- cap
- {f} put a cap on; put a top on; crown; do better than
- cap
- a limitation on the amount by which an adjustable interest rate may change during a specified time period
- cap
- A cap is a special hat which is worn as part of a uniform. a frontier guard in olive-grey uniform and a peaked cap
- cap
- a tight-fitting headdress
- cap
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- cap
- The cap of a bottle is its lid. She unscrewed the cap of her water bottle and gave him a drink
- cap
- If a sports player represents their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, you can say that they have been awarded a cap. Mark Davis will win his first cap for Wales in Sunday's Test match against Australia
- cap
- The maximum which an adjustable rate mortgage may increase, regardless of index changes
- cap
- To deprive of cap
- cap
- A provision of an ARM limiting how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may increase
- cap
- Consumer safeguard which limits the amount the interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage may change per year and/or the life of the loan
- cap
- An abbreviation for capture
- cap
- A provision of an ARM limiting how much the interest rate or mortgage payments may increase or decrease
- cap
- a top (as for a bottle)
- cap
- a bullet used to shoot someone; generally used in the phrase put a cap in (someones) ass
- cap
- A limit on the amount the interest rate or monthly payment can increase in an adjustable-rate mortgage
- cap
- Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament
- cap
- The removable cover of a journal box
- cap
- A covering for the head One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys One of lace, muslin, etc
- cap
- A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
- cap
- dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a tooth
- cap
- A respectful uncovering of the head
- cap
- A limit in how much an adjustable rate mortgage's monthly payment or interest rate can increase A cap is meant to protect the borrower from large increases and may be a payment cap, an interest cap, a life-of-loan cap or an annual cap A payment cap is a limit on the monthly payment An interest cap is a limit on the amount of the interest rate A life-of-loan cap restricts the amount the interest rate can increase over the entire term of the loan An annual cap limits the amount the interest rate can increase over a twelve-month period
- cap
- a limit, such as that placed on an adjustable rate mortgage, on how much a monthly payment or interest rate can increase or decrease
- cap
- To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity
- cap
- A limit on how much the variable-interest rate can increase during the life of the line of credit
- cap
- A limit on the amount the interest rate or monthly payment can increase in an adjustable rate mortgage
- cap
- A cap is a circular rubber device that a woman places inside her vagina to prevent herself from becoming pregnant
- cap gun
- A toy pistol with a hammer action that detonates a mildly explosive cap
- cap off
- finish or complete, especially with some decisive action; "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal
- cap opener
- a bottle opener to pry off caps
- cap pistol
- A cap gun
- cap screw
- a threaded screw for machine parts; screws into a tapped hole
- cap screw
- A long-threaded bolt, usually with a square head, used in fastening machine parts
- cap'n
- commander of ship; group leader, head, commander
- cap-a-pie
- at all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie
- cap-a-pie
- at all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie"
- cap-a-pie
- from head to foot, from top to toe
- 5' cap
- A specially altered nucleotide end to the 5' end of precursor messenger RNA and some other primary RNA transcripts as found in eukaryotes and caliciviruses, vital to creating mature messenger RNA which is then able to undergo translation
- Breton cap
- a peaked boatsman's cap
- Davey Crockett cap
- Alternative form of Davy Crockett hat
- Davy Crockett cap
- Alternative form of Davy Crockett hat
- Dutch cap
- A type of woman's cap with triangular turn back at each side. The style is particularly associated with Dutch traditional costume
- Dutch cap
- An intra-vaginal contraceptive device, also known as a cervical cap or diaphragm
- Liberty Cap
- an unusual hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
- Liberty Cap
- a prominent peak on Mount Rainier
- Liberty Cap
- a celebrated granite dome in Yosemite National Park
- baseball cap
- A cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front
- bathing cap
- a silicone, latex or lycra cap worn on the head by recreational and competitive swimmers
- bottle cap
- Any of several designs of closure used to seal bottles
- bouffant cap
- A loose cap, so called because of its puffy shape, typically secured around the head with an elastic, and frequently used in cleanrooms, food service, and other settings to contain loose hair
- bump cap
- A hard hat
- bust a cap
- To fire a weapon; to shoot with a gatt
- bust a cap in someone's ass
- Alternative form of pop a cap in someone's ass
- cervical cap
- a small, latex or silicone, contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction, like Prentif or by surface viscosity, like Oves
- china cap
- a conical metal strainer
- coon-skin cap
- Alternative spelling of coonskin cap
- coonskin cap
- Headwear made of a pelt of a raccoon with the tail hanging in back, often associated with the iconic imagery of such American frontiersmen as Davy Crockett
You only got ten.
- cross-cap
- A Möbius band
- death cap
- A common name for the deadly poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita
- deerslayer cap
- Alternative form of deerstalker hat
- deerstalker cap
- Alternative form of deerstalker hat
- drop cap
- A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book
- dunce cap
- A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce
- dunce cap
- The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation
- end cap
- Any of various capping devices that fit over the end of something, either as protection or to prevent loss of contents
A piece of packaging insulation that surrounds one side of an object.
- end cap
- A display of goods for sale situated at an end of an aisle in a shop, perpendicular to the goods in the aisle
- feather in one's cap
- An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of
He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself.
- fitted cap
- A cap that is not elasticated or adjustable at the back
- flat cap
- A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly tight to the wearer's head. Popular with outdoor country sportsmen, farmers, and workers, particularly in the north of England
- fool's cap
- A cap, usually brightly coloured with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool
- forage cap
- A generic term for various military caps intended for field use
- ice cap
- a large domelike glacial mass usually at high elevation
- if the cap fits
- if the shoe fits
- knee cap
- A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent
- knee cap
- Alternative spelling of kneecap
- knit cap
- A soft, head-hugging cap usually without a specified front or back, barring those with designs or logos
- large cap
- A company having a large market capitalization
- level cap
- The maximum attainable level of the player character, often in role-playing video games. Level caps may be raised in subsequent playthroughs or expansion packs
- liberty cap
- a brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the Ancient World
- liberty cap
- a magic mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata
- milk-cap
- A mushroom of the genus Lactarius
- mob cap
- A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band
She was dressed entirely in flowing black cerements and wore a little lacy mob-cap on a mass of dead-looking yellowish white hair; her features were still beautiful, but her face was completely covered with mauve face-powder.
- muffin cap
- A low, loose cap resembling a beret, but with a brim that goes all the way around the head; popularized in the 19th century as a hat for children, especially in the lower classes
- muffin cap
- A style of close-fitting cap or hat worn by women in the 16th century and later; a caul
- panther cap
- A common name for the highly poisonous agaric Amanita pantherina
- polar cap
- A high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice
The southern polar cap of Mars consists of both carbon dioxide and water ice.
- pop a cap in someone's ass
- To shoot someone with a gun
I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you heard it, that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.
- red cap
- A kind of evil brownie or imp
After boggarts, they studied Red Caps, nasty little goblinlike creatures that lurked where there had been bloodshed.
- red cap
- A breed of poultry
Red Cap: A rare member of the English class, these are characterized by having a large rose comb. They are one of the few breeds with red earlobes that lay white-shelled eggs. Content: Chicken Breeds and Varieties (A2880), John L. Skinner, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- salary cap
- A limit on the salaries paid to the employees of an organization imposed by government or some other body
- screw cap
- The cap of a bottle or jar which screws onto the threaded lip of the container
- set one's cap at
- to choose the man as a potential husband (of a girl). Or, more generally, to choose something as a goal
How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.
- shower cap
- A waterproof headgear designed for use in the shower, to avoid wetting the hair
- spherical cap
- A portion of the surface of a sphere cut off by a plane
- stocking cap
- A knitted woolen cap, often with a tassel
- swim cap
- a silicone, latex or lycra cap worn on the head by recreational and competitive swimmers
- thinking cap
- A metaphor for a piece of headgear worn while one is thinking about how to solve a problem
This project looks like it will be a real challenge - put your thinking cap on!.
- throw one's cap over the windmill
- to act in a crazed manner
- ugly milk-cap
- An edible mushroom (Lactarius necator)
- watch cap
- A knitted cap, such as the one worn by a seaman when on watch
- watch-cap
- Alternative spelling of watch cap
- waxy cap
- Any agaric of the family Hygrophoraceae
- white cap
- a small wave that breaks offshore due to the wind
- ice cap
- The ice caps are the thick layers of ice and snow that cover the North and South Poles. an area of thick ice that permanently covers the North and South Poles
- Turk's cap lily
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Lilium martagon (Martagon or Turk's cap lily) is a species of lily. It has a widespread native region extending from central Europe east through northern Asia to Mongolia and Korea. Several subspecies have been named. The plant is stem-rooting, growing between 1 m and 2 m tall. The flower colour is typically a pink-purple, with dark spots, but is quite variable, extending from near white to near black. The flowers are scented. Numerous flowers are borne on each plant, and up to 50 can be found on vigorous plants
- bandwidth cap
- (Bilgisayar) A bandwidth cap, also known as a bit cap, limits the transfer of a specified amount of data over a period of time. Internet service providers commonly apply a cap when a channel intended to be shared by many users becomes overloaded, or may be overloaded, by a few users
- bit cap
- (Bilgisayar) A bandwidth cap, also known as a bit cap, limits the transfer of a specified amount of data over a period of time. Internet service providers commonly apply a cap when a channel intended to be shared by many users becomes overloaded, or may be overloaded, by a few users
- salary cap
- In professional sports, a salary cap (often called a wage cap in the United Kingdom) is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries, either as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster (or both). Several sports leagues have made salary caps mandatory, both as a method of keeping overall costs down, and in order to balance the league so a wealthy team cannot become dominant simply by buying all the top players. Salary caps are often the major issue in negotiations between management and players' unions
- salary cap
- (Pazarlama) a maximum limit on salaries
- wage cap
- (Spor) In professional sports, a salary cap (often called a wage cap in the United Kingdom) is a limit on the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries, either as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster (or both). Several sports leagues have made salary caps mandatory, both as a method of keeping overall costs down, and in order to balance the league so a wealthy team cannot become dominant simply by buying all the top players. Salary caps are often the major issue in negotiations between management and players' unions