"cap on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cap on.wav [US] Forms: caps on [present, singular, third-person], capping on [participle, present], capped on [participle, past], capped on [past]
Etymology: From cap (“a lie or exaggeration”) + on. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cap||a lie or exaggeration}} cap (“a lie or exaggeration”), {{m|en|on}} on Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cap on (third-person singular simple present caps on, present participle capping on, simple past and past participle capped on)
  1. (transitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander. Tags: slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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