Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snoopy cap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: snoopy- -cap
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology.

Example Sentences

"Of course, the helmet and Snoopy cap headphone arrangement insulate astronauts from some of the noise."
"An astronaut wears a close-fitting cap, called a Snoopy cap, which contains a radio for communications."
"SNOOPY CAP. This soft cap (4) contains earpieces and a microphone for radio communications."
"Also known as the Snoopy cap, nicknamed after the Peanuts character whose ears it resembles,* the communications carrier assembly has two earphones and two microphones."

Etymology

From Snoopy + cap, from the comic strip Peanuts having an association with NASA and the cap wrapping around an astronaut’s head like a dog’s ears.

Inflected Forms

Snoopy caps (plural)

Questions

What does snoopy cap mean?: A piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology.
Where does snoopy cap come from?: From Snoopy + cap, from the comic strip Peanuts having an association with NASA and the cap wrapping around an astronaut’s head like a dog’s ears.

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