"whitecap" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "whitecapping"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "white",
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      "expansion": "white + cap",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "white + cap",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whitecaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "whitecap (plural whitecaps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 8 37",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "en:Birds",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several birds having a white patch on the head"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "bird",
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wave having a white crest; a breaker"
      ],
      "id": "en-whitecap-en-noun-0VEhQ2Ev",
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "breaker",
          "breaker"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 86 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A wave having a white crest",
          "word": "tūātea"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "name": "American English",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks."
      ],
      "id": "en-whitecap-en-noun-NIOrpvWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "vigilante",
          "vigilante"
        ],
        [
          "committee",
          "committee"
        ],
        [
          "lynching",
          "lynching"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whitecapper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whitecap"
}

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    "en:Birds"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "whitecapping"
    }
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        "2": "white",
        "3": "cap"
      },
      "expansion": "white + cap",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "white + cap",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whitecaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whitecap (plural whitecaps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several birds having a white patch on the head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wave having a white crest; a breaker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "breaker",
          "breaker"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vigilante",
          "vigilante"
        ],
        [
          "committee",
          "committee"
        ],
        [
          "lynching",
          "lynching"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, historical) A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "whitecapper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A wave having a white crest",
      "word": "tūātea"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whitecap"
}