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A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

An academic mortarboard.

A protective cover or seal.

A crown for covering a tooth.

The summit of a mountain, etc.

An artificial upper limit or ceiling.

The top part of a mushroom.

(toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.

A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.

(slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.

(AAVE) A lie or exaggeration.

(sport) A place on a national team; an international appearance.

(obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

(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.

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.

(Appalachia) Popcorn.

To cover or seal with a cap.

To award a cap as a mark of distinction.

To lie over or on top of something.

To surpass or outdo.

To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.

(figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.

(cricket) (cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.

(shoot) (slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm. +

(lie) (AAVE) To lie; to tell a lie.

(sports) (sports) To select to play for the national team.

(obsolete) To salute by uncovering the head respectfully.

To deprive of a cap.

(finance) Capitalization.

(informal) A capital letter.

(electronics) A capacitor.

(colloquial) A recording or screenshot.({{n-g|shortening of "capture"}}).

(slang) A capsule of a drug.

(colloquial) A capitalist.

(anatomy) A capillary.

A caption.

(informal) To convert text to uppercase.

To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

(video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.

(video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.

(obsolete) A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles.