whitecap
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- noun
- /ˈwaɪtkæp/
:
espuma
- The dark ocean, whitecaps whipping luminous around the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Essex and her escorts.
- whitecaps churning
- whip the whitecaps
- wind raising whitecaps
There's no clouds and there's no Whitecaps.
- There's no clouds and there's no Whitecaps.
Examples
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A lake wind raising whitecaps blew the sign hard.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wind-tossed waves, each topped with a whitecap, raced in to crash against vertical cliffs.
Fiction book (1991) -
What greeted our eyes were whitecaps rising as far as we could see.
Fiction book (1992) -
His eyes were open to the nighttime, but he saw instead the sun reflecting off the whitecaps below them.
Fiction book (2000) -
I do not join him, but stare out at the ocean and watch the tide swallow the whitecaps.
Fiction book (1991) -
The wind was tremendous, the Bay of Birsay riven by whitecaps, more white than blue.
Fiction book (1991) -
A spectacular sunset broke through the storm clouds and for a moment turned the rough whitecaps pink like frosting.
Fiction book (1991) -
The grass was freshly mowed, the water dotted with whitecaps, and the horizon hazy.
Fiction book (1996) -
A great blue heron flew low over whitecaps that mounted and rolled, its wings flapping leisurely despite the buffeting wind.
Fiction book (1997) -
The choppy water was covered in whitecaps as the storm approached.
Synonyms
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A wave with a white foamy top caused by strong wind
How Frothy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whitecap is a picture word made of white and cap ('hat'), so you can imagine a wave wearing a small white hat of foam on its top. That's why a whitecap is a wave whose top breaks into white foam in strong wind.