Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cap up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: cap up
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divide (a drug) into capsules.

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To modify (the initial letter of a word) to be a capital letter.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Eventually we got it all capped up, one thousand doses just like Rob had said. […] I was going to become a three-drug connection to all my friends, psychedelics, hash and pot."
"Do not cap up "oblast" or "province" in place names."
"Secretaries of State: Cap up titles, as in Home Secretary David Blunkett and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw."
"Capping up: the general presumption is against using caps. Their use should be to denote something that is unique. The Pill immediately spells the contraceptive pill and the Forces indicates that we are talking about Britain's military and not the forces of light."
"Cap up the first letter of the first word. Then, use lower case e.g.: "View and comment on planning applications" not "View And Comment On Planning Applications""

Usage

Inflected Forms

caps up (present, singular) capping up (participle, present) capped up (participle, past) capped up (past)

Questions

What does cap up mean?: To divide (a drug) into capsules.

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