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cap verb- to package a drug in capsules US
- “We got a little cappin to do,” Buster told the Dinch. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 248, 1952
- They cut it, cap it, and retail it at about a hundred per cent profit. — John D. McDonald, The Neon Jungle, p. 61, 1953
- If you’re a good capper and cap it yourself and sell part of it and use the rest yourself you can double your money. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 122, 1958
- to shoot someone US, 1970
- They said he got capped by a junkie; shit, but didn’t die. — Elmore Leonard, Glitz, p. 57, 1985
- to insult someone in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit; to outdo someone US, 1944
- “Sing it you sweet cow!” some fellow shouted from the table next to ours. The chick that was with him capped this with “Yeah baby, he can’t help it, it’s the way you do it.” — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 26, 1946
- I would remark to Jessie that I was ready to pimp, but she would only laugh and cap: “You think you know to talk slick, boy, but that ain’t the key.” — Donald Goines, Whoreson, p. 37, 1972
- There are many different terms for playing the dozens, including “bagging, capping, cracking, dissing, hiking, joning, ranking, ribbing, serving, signifying, slipping, sounding and snapping.” — James Haskins, The Story of Hip-Hop, p. 54, 2000
- to steer business to someone US
- Herb was fired for capping for a bail bondsman and had a nice thing going until they caught him. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 123, 1973
- in casino gambling, to add to an existing bet, usually illegally US
- — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 109, 1980
- to assist in a fraudulent scheme by fast talk that helps lure the victim into the swindle UK, 1811
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 40, 1950
- Both of us could cap on or build up a sucker who had been caught. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 120, 1969
- to fly on combat air patrol (CAP) UK
Royal Air Force use. - — Robert Prest, F4 Phantom, 1979
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