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English
Etymology
From cap + -ing.
Pronunciation
Verb
capping
- present participle and gerund of cap
Noun
capping (countable and uncountable, plural cappings)
- The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC: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.
- (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
- The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
- The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
- (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
- (slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.
- (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
- (Internet slang) 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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