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Capped vs Clapped - What's the difference?

capped | clapped |

As verbs the difference between capped and clapped

is that capped is (cap) while clapped is (clap).

capped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cap)

    • cap

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
    • The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
  • A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
  • An academic mortarboard
  • A protective cover or seal
    • He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
  • A crown for covering a tooth
    • He had golden caps on his teeth.
  • The summit of a mountain etc.
    • There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
  • An artificial upper limit or ceiling
    • We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
  • The top part of a mushroom
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
  • * 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to Metreon
    • Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
  • (soccer) An international appearance
    • Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
  • (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
  • (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
  • * Fuller
    • he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks
  • (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
  • (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
    • the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
  • Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
  • (nautical) 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.
  • (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
  • A large size of writing paper.
    • flat cap'''; fools'''cap'''; legal '''cap
    Antonyms
    * (artificial upper limit) floor
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * (head covering) baseball cap, cunt cap * (protective cover or seal) crown cap, filler cap * (artificial upper limit) interest rate cap * (small amount of explosive used as detonator) percussion cap, pop a cap in someone's ass
    See also
    * set one's cap at

    Verb

    (capp)
  • To cover or seal with a cap
  • To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
  • To lie over or on top of something
  • To surpass or outdo
  • To set an upper limit on something
    • cap wages.
  • To make something even more wonderful at the end.
    • That really capped my day.
  • (cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
  • (slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
    • If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
  • (sports) to select to play for the national team.
    • Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
  • (obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Thackeray
    • Tom capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
  • To deprive of a cap.
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 2

    From capitalization, by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) Capitalization.
    • Derived terms
    * market cap

    Etymology 3

    From capital, by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An uppercase letter.

    • Verb

    (capp)
  • (informal) To convert text to uppercase.

    • Anagrams

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    clapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clap)

    • clap

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
    • He summoned the waiter with a clap .
  • The explosive sound of thunder.
  • * Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
  • Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
    • Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Give the door such a clap , as you go out, as will shake the whole room.
  • A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
    • His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
  • A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What, fifty of my followers at a clap !
  • (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  • (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Edward Peacock, A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire , p 188
  • * 1890 , John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire , page 139
    • “Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”
    Synonyms
    * (sound of thunder) thunderclap * See also
    Derived terms
    * thunderclap

    Verb

    (Clapping)
  • To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
    • The children began to clap in time with the music.
  • To applaud.
    • The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
    It isn’t the singers they are clapping ; it's the composer.
  • To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
    • He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
  • To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
    • He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
    She clapped the book shut.
    ''He clapped across the floor in his boots.
  • * Marvell
    • Then like a bird it sits and sings, / And whets and claps its silver wings.
  • To come together suddenly with noise.
  • * Dryden
    • The doors around me clapped .
  • To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up'' or ''together ).
    • We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
    ''The rival factions clapped up a truce.
  • To set or put, usually in haste.
    • The sheriff clapped him in jail.
    She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
  • * John Locke
    • He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
  • * Lamb
    • Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.
  • (slang, AAVE) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
    • Derived terms
    * clapper * claptrap * clapperboard

    See also

    * applaud * applause

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gonorrhea.
    • 1997 MASH
  • * “What in hell makes you think he's got the clap ?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka
    • 1998 Dan Savage
  • * When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap , he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.
    • 1998 Changing Bodies
  • * He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.
    • 2006 The STDs Update
  • * Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap , is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
    • I'm gonna kill that bitch for giving me the clap !
    If your dick has "the drip" you probably have the clap and need to go to the sex clinic.
    He wasn't careful; he caught both syphilis and the clap .

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