capping

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capping

/ˈkapɪŋ/ UK

noun cappings

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

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cap

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crowned, restricting, stop, limiting, limit, atop, levelling, recovering, recovery, leveling, recoupment, collection, ceiling, stopper, limitations, crowning

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@misc{capping_2026,
  title = {capping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}