to cap
- verb
- /kæp/
- Slang
- So you can use brah moment, no cap or on God.
I'm just capping, you know, women just want you to be real, man.
- I'm just capping, you know, women just want you to be real, man.
- Stop all with that you trapping we'll talk 'cause you capping speak that shit.
Examples
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So I think that's so cap, we have the awareness to know we should, right?
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He was just capping when he said he could run a marathon without training.
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A lot of us cap ourselves because it's too much work.
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Look, cap, this was my fault.
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I need to like cap it tonight, it's New Year's Eve.
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I'm just capping, you know, women just want you to be real, man.
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Hey, no, I ain't even sitting up here capping, but no.
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You can't believe everything he says; he's always capping to impress his friends.
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She claims she got a perfect score on the exam, but I think she's just capping.
Antonyms
Idioms
To make a big decision you cannot change that may be risky
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
- Specialized
A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- US
A tight knitted wool cap that covers the head and ears, often with a point or tassel
- Specialized
A protective cover in a car engine that holds the wires to the spark plugs
- Specialized
A small cup-shaped device that fits over the cervix to prevent pregnancy
A cover for the radiator opening that holds the cooling liquid and keeps pressure
- UK
A hat with a flat round top and a stiff front that sticks out, worn by police or army
- Specialized
A small plant that lives for more than one year with a seed pod shaped like a bishop's hat
- Specialized
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
A very poisonous white mushroom that can kill people and is often mistaken for edible mushrooms
A small forest plant with a low leaf cluster and tiny green flowers on thin stems
- Archaic
A cone-shaped paper hat teachers put on students' heads to shame them long ago
- Specialized
A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil
- US
A close-fitting knitted hat with a hanging tail or pom-pom that you wear in cold weather
A North American wildflower with orange-red spotted petals that point downward
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang cap meaning 'to lie' is to know it is a recent word from African American English where 'cap' came to mean bragging or false talk; so when people say 'no cap' they mean 'no lie'.