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capoting

capoting is the present participle and gerund of capot.

Meaning of capot

Verb

capot (third-person singular simple present capots, present participle capotting or capoting, simple past and past participle capotted or capoted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
    • “Capot me if I think that was according to the rules of the game,” said his confident ; “ and pray , what answer did you return ?”1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald...

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Questions about capoting

What is capoting the present participle and gerund of?
Capoting is the present participle and gerund of capot.

Words near capoting in the dictionary

  1. capotasto
  2. capotastos
  3. capote
  4. capoted
  5. capotes
  6. capoting
  7. capots
  8. capotted
  9. capotting
  10. capouch
  11. capouches

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