caping
SayKAY-ping/ˈkeɪpɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of cape.
The matador kept caping the bull in tight circles until the crowd roared.
Why are you caping for a company that just laid off half its staff?
Note
The silent e drops before -ing, and the single p matters: caping belongs to cape, capping to cap. Context sorts out a wide spread of uses, from the bullring and the skinning of a deer to keeping a course, and in US slang caping is sticking up for something that hardly deserves it, a usage best left to casual talk.
caping is a form of cape
cape, verb: To cover someone or something with a cape, or in the way a cape covers. Full entry
- Spelling
- cape → caping: drop the e, add -ing
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