Pronunciations
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/ˈkapɪŋ/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Noun
The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
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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.
the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
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The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
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The act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.
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The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
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The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
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Lying or exaggerating.
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The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
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The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.
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