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How to use capping in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Capping means the act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. Example: “That guy is always capping on me—don't believe a word he says.”

More sentences with capping

  • That guy is always capping on me—don't believe a word he says.From the entry cap on
  • On foenem grave I ain’t capping.From the entry on foenem grave
  • "More like those chicks were capping on me about working at the pool."2013, Matt de la Peña, The Living, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry cap on
  • The mating box, capping fork and spur-wheel embedder are essential tools for apiculture.2007 January 19, Janet Maslin, “Putting Hitler on the Couch, and Finding Bees”, in New York Times. From the entry embedder
  • I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144. From the entry bombazine
  • But soon everyone in the tap-tap joined in, capping remarks, joking, telling chicken and goat stories.1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume…. From the entry tense
  • Capping up: the general presumption is against using caps.2010, Simon Heffer, “The Daily Telegraph Style Guide”, in The Telegraph. From the entry cap up
  • The summer snow capping the jagged summits was bathed in a soft sky-blue pink from the lowering sun.2005, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, Lost City, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry sky-blue pink
  • Signifying is a way of saying the truth that hurts with a laugh, a way of capping on (shutting up) someone.1969 September, Carolyn M[arie] Rodgers, “Black Poetry—Where It’s At”, in John H[arold] Johnson, editor, Negro Digest, volume XVIII…. From the entry ugly stick
  • This is followed by cottoning and capping.1953, Manufacturing Series - Issues 211-224, page 33. From the entry cotton
  • Various classes of noncoding RNAs target each other for posttranscriptional regulation via alternative splicing, polyadenylation, 5′ capping, nontemplated modifications, and RNA editing.2013 March 4, Luis P Villarreal, Guenther Witzany, “The DNA Habitat and its RNA Inhabitants: At the Dawn of RNA Sociology”, in Genomics…. From the entry nontemplated
  • These curved elements seem to flare out in response to the visual weight of the great cornice ring capping the pendentive zone.2003, John Beldon Scott, Architecture for the Shroud: Relic and Ritual in Turin, page 131. From the entry cornice ring
  • Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport. From the entry assured

Meaning of capping

  1. noun The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
  2. noun The leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
  3. noun The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

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Questions about capping in a sentence

How do you use capping in a sentence?
Capping is used as a noun. For example: “That guy is always capping on me—don't believe a word he says.”
What is a short sentence with capping?
“On foenem grave I ain’t capping.”
What does capping mean?
Capping means the act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

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