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capping on

capping on is the present participle and gerund of cap on.

Meaning of cap on

Verb

cap on (third-person singular simple present caps on, present participle capping on, simple past and past participle capped on)

  1. (slang, transitive) To spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander (someone); to insult (someone's) family.
    • That guy is always capping on me—don't believe a word he says.

Questions about capping on

What is capping on the present participle and gerund of?
Capping on is the present participle and gerund of cap on.

Words near capping on in the dictionary

  1. capping
  2. capping it all
  3. capping it all off
  4. capping it off
  5. capping off
  6. capping on
  7. capping plane
  8. capping planes
  9. capping up
  10. cappings
  11. cappo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capping on (page history and authors); cap on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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