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offcapping

offcapping is the present participle and gerund of offcap.

Meaning of offcap

Verb

offcap (third-person singular simple present offcaps, present participle offcapping, simple past and past participle offcapped)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation.
    • Three Great-ones of the Cittie,
      (In perſonall ſuite to make me his Lieutenant)
      Off-capt to himc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about offcapping

What is offcapping the present participle and gerund of?
Offcapping is the present participle and gerund of offcap.

Words near offcapping in the dictionary

  1. offboards
  2. offbreak
  3. offbreaks
  4. offcap
  5. offcapped
  6. offcapping
  7. offcaps
  8. offcast
  9. offcasting
  10. offcasts
  11. offchance

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