ALL meanings of cap in hand
cap in hand
C c - noun cap in hand in a humble or servile manner 3
- noun cap in hand humbly, as when asking a favour 3
- phrase cap in hand If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you. 3
- noun cap in hand Architecture. a capital. 1
- noun cap in hand a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap. 1
- noun cap in hand Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise. 1
- noun cap in hand Fox Hunting. capping fee. 1
- noun cap in hand Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm. 1
- verb with object cap in hand to provide or cover with or as if with a cap. 1
- verb with object cap in hand to complete. 1
- verb with object cap in hand follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another. 1
- verb with object cap in hand to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie. 1
- verb with object cap in hand to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.). 1
- verb with object cap in hand British Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team. 1
- verb without object cap in hand Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee. 1
- idioms cap in hand cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness. 1
- idioms cap in hand set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate. 1
- noun cap in hand Nautical. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar. 1
- noun cap in hand a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim. 1
- noun cap in hand mobcap. 1
- noun cap in hand a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap. 1
- noun cap in hand mortarboard (def 2). 1
- noun cap in hand Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Compare intersection (def 3a). 1
- noun cap in hand anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle. 1
- noun cap in hand summit; top; acme. 1
- noun cap in hand a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year. 1
- noun cap in hand Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom. 1
- noun cap in hand Botany. calyptra (def 1). 1
- noun cap in hand Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof. 1
- noun cap in hand a percussion cap. 1
- noun cap in hand British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad. 1
- noun cap in hand a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material. 1
- noun cap in hand a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire. 1
- adverb cap in hand (Idiomatic) In a humble and respectful manner. 0