capping

plural cappings

1. countableuncountableThe act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

   I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine.

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

2. countableuncountablegeographythe leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. countableuncountableThe process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. countableslanguncountableartsThe act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.
5. countableuncountableThe selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
6. countableuncountablemathematicsThe conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
7. countableslanguncountablefrom; African-American Vernacular; from; African-American VernacularLying or exaggerating.
8. InternetcountableuncountableThe recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
9. InternetcountableuncountableThe method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cap