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capiscing

capiscing is the present participle and gerund of capisce.

Meaning of capisce

Verb

capisce (third-person singular simple present capisces, present participle capiscing, simple past and past participle capisced)

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To understand (someone or something).
    • "I need at least a B-plus, and no one—I repeat, NO ONE—can know that I didn't write it. This paper is vitally important to my future. Do you capisce what I'm saying to you? Very important." / We grumbled our understanding into the phone. "Yeah, yeah, we capisce," Ellie said.2013, Cindy Callaghan, chapter 12, in Lost in London, New York, N.Y.: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 83
  2. (US, intransitive, slang) To understand.
    • "Shoo, shoo, shoo, go help Pierfranco. He'll be bringing up heavy baskets, capisce?" I certainly capisced.2020 February, Stephanie Cole, chapter 18, in Al Dente’s Inferno (Tuscan Cooking School Mystery; 1), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 290

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Questions about capiscing

What is capiscing the present participle and gerund of?
Capiscing is the present participle and gerund of capisce.

Words near capiscing in the dictionary

  1. capisce
  2. capisced
  3. capisces
  4. capisch
  5. capische
  6. capiscing
  7. capish
  8. capishca
  9. capishe
  10. capistra
  11. Capistran

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