batcape

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noun

A cape, particularly one that resembles the long, black one worn by Batman.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

batcape1

nounbatcape (plural batcapes)

plural batcapes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Batcape.

    Right, anoraks off... and batcapes on.

    1994, Film Review
    2 more examples

    The rabbit's feet and batcapes were selling like crazy.

    1978, May, Cincinnati Magazine, page 32

    He takes her in his arms, after first removing the batcape she's got draped over her shoulders.

    1997, Paul Roen, High Camp, page 63

Batcape2

nounBatcape (plural Batcapes)

plural Batcapes · alternative batcape

  1. A cape, particularly one that resembles the long, black one worn by Batman.

    Tears streaming down the boy's face, though he was still hanging on, blanket flapping out like a Batcape.

    2008, James Jauncey, The Witness, page 42
    2 more examples

    He had four months to make a special-effects extravaganza that had to make every want to wear a Batcape next Halloween.

    1996, Nancy Griffin, Kim Masters, Hit & Run, page 168

    Jamie was sitting in Daisy's cot next to her, wearing his new Batman outfit, back to front, attempting to tie his Batcape around his protesting baby sister.

    2014, Maeve Haran, The Time of their Lives

Origin

Batcape · noun

From bat + cape, by analogy with Batman.

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APA

batcape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batcape

MLA

“batcape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batcape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batcape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batcape.

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