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We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.
Walter Kirn

Meaning of "dunce cap" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUNCE CAP

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Dunce cap is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DUNCE CAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dunce cap

A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap, or dunce's hat, is a pointed hat, formerly used to bring about a change of mind via focusing energy into the brain, something like a sorcerer's or witch's hat. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with a D or the word "dunce", and given to schoolchildren to wear. Duns Scotus was the originator of the instrument. Frequently the 'dunce' was made to stand in the corner, facing the wall. Depending on the teacher, he might have to stand for as long as half an hour. The hope was that no one would want to be labeled the "dunce" in the class, even for a short period of time, and would thus avoid misbehavior. Examples of behavior which could warrant the dunce cap included throwing spitballs, passing notes, or pulling of hair. Class clowns were frequently admonished with the dunce cap. In modern pedagogy dunce caps are extremely rare. Although seemingly intended to punish the student with the lowest academic performance in the class, such a use could hardly have been very successful, as pure punishment is incapable of increasing intelligence.

Definition of dunce cap in the English dictionary

The definition of dunce cap in the dictionary is a conical paper hat, formerly placed on the head of a dull child at school.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNCE CAP

dunam
Dunant
Dunav
Dunbar
Dunbartonshire
Duncan
Duncan Fife
Duncan I
Duncan Phyfe
Duncan Smith
dunce
dunce´s cap
duncedom
duncelike
duncery
dunch
duncical
duncish
duncishly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNCE CAP

axle cap
baseball cap
black cap
cradle cap
crown cap
distributor cap
filler cap
forage cap
ice cap
Juliet cap
lens cap
pile cap
put on one´s thinking cap
radiator cap
screw cap
skull cap
stocking cap
swimming cap
thinking cap
watch cap

Synonyms and antonyms of dunce cap in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dunce cap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUNCE CAP

Find out the translation of dunce cap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dunce cap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dunce cap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

傻瓜帽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orejas de burro
570 millions of speakers

English

dunce cap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुंद टोपी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غطاء غبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дурацкий колпак
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tampão de burro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডন ক্যাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonnet d´âne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Topi duncan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Narrenkappe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

劣等生のキャップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무지 렁이 모자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cap dunce
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mũ lừa bằng giấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Dunce cap
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोना कॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şapka şapkası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

berretto somaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безглуздий ковпак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capac dunce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καπάκι dunce
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

domkop cap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dumhuvudlock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dunce cap
5 millions of speakers

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QUOTES WITH «DUNCE CAP»

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Walter Kirn
We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNCE CAP»

Discover the use of dunce cap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dunce cap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dunce cap
The thirty-one fictions[']...economy is at once playful and finely controlled, reticent and suggestive.... Bundy is at her best tracing the persistence of desire with a mournful wit reminiscent of the best work of Lydia Davis.
Alison Bundy, 1998
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Topology and Geometry
Consider the mapping cone of the map f of the unit circle in the complex numbers to itself, given by f(z) = z* for z in the upper semicircle and by f(z) = z2 for z in the lower semicircle. Show that this space is contractible. 6. The "dunce cap" space ...
Glen E. Bredon, 1993
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The Dunce Cap: Why America Deserves the Stool in the Corner
But unlike many books that satirize America with malicious intent, this book is written by a patriotic American who openly supports his country- giving this book a unique, ironic perspective that many readers will find entertaining.
Paul Holbert, 2007
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Weekly World News
The hats are clearly marked with the letters D-U-N-C-E. "We've complained about this over and over, but our boss won't listen to us," said Lester Garley, 28. "He says the dunce cap is good for office discipline. He thinks the whole thing is funny " ...
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An Introduction to Algebraic Topology
Orient the edges in the direction from v,-, to v,, and now identify all edges with one another. The quotient space is called the fc-fold dunce cap (when k = 2, the dunce cap is the real projective plane). Prove that the homology groups of the fe- fold ...
Joseph J. Rotman, 1988
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Computational Topology: An Introduction
Dunce cap (three credits). The dunce cap is constructed from a piece of cloth in the shape of an equilateral triangle as follows. Orienting two edges away from a common origin, we glue them to each other as prescribed by their orientation.
Herbert Edelsbrunner, John Harer, 2010
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Who Is the Teacher, Anyway?
I can't remember why, but one day, one of the students in the class—Ricky, who still keeps in touch with me-, asked me what a “dunce cap” was. I explained that it was once an accepted method of punishment used across the country.
Bill Madigan, 2007
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Weekly World News
The dunce cap wasn't the only odd punishment the maverick manager cooked up for his staff. If a secretary made an error while already wearing one of the cone- shaped hats, she had to stand up and face the wall for two hours! "If you were on  ...
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What's Your Poo Telling You?
Dunce Cap Synonyms: Conehead, Tapered Wafer, Biggie Small As this type of bowel movement begins, you strain and feel like you are on the precipice of another Monster Poo (page 18). However, when the cork is popped and the poo  ...
Josh Richman, Anish Sheth, 2007
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Geometry and Topology for Mesh Generation
Embedding the dunce cap (three credits). Recall that the dunce cap can be construction from a triangular sheet of paper by gluing all three edges to one. Does the dunce cap have a triangulation that can be geometrically realized in R3 ?
Herbert Edelsbrunner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNCE CAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dunce cap is used in the context of the following news items.
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Historical Society has new vision
There's even a dunce cap in the classroom. According to Wallace, kids sometimes come back with their parents and get excited about showing ... «Beloit Daily News, Jul 15»
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Letter: Glenbard West science center a lesson in ignorance
The rooftop garden on the new science center will be a “dunce cap” worn by both the building as well as every one of the village trustees and ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
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Kieran Foran's decision to join Parramatta doesn't signal the end of …
DUNCE CAP. BETTING was suspended very early this week. Nick Kyrgios might be a damned good tennis player but he's also doing a very ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Back In The 90s: The Girl Who Preferred Action
... own thing instead of being grounded or put in the corner in time-out, dunce cap probably included just for fun. Yeah, I remember those days. «BSCkids, Jun 15»
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Log house takes kids back to era of dunce caps, stove pipe hats
Cramer said he likes pointing out to the children the one-legged stool that a child who was given a dunce cap had to sit on. "If he falls asleep, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
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Kieran Foran's $1m get-out clause with Eels illustrates Parramatta's …
DUNCE CAP. THE dribbling so-called AFL fans who continue to boo last year's Australian of the Year Adam Goodes. After 17 straight seasons, ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Discoveries: Exercise your brain in Redding
Sensing I was fitting myself for the metaphorical dunce cap, Julia tried to reassure me. “You know what? You'll get better,” she said, as she ... «Sacramento Bee, Jun 15»
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After State of Origin game 2, Blues coach Laurie Daley maintains his …
DUNCE CAP. THE negative narks who were trying to pop the air out of State of Origin's balloon by labelling it boring, predictable and devoid of ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
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The Online Shaming And Suicide Of Izabel Laxamana
dunce cap, student, boy, school, chalkboard, in trouble, bart simpson ... The children forced to wear a dunce cap didn't commit suicide, by and ... «Unicorn Booty, Jun 15»
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Letter: Class trips
... mortar boards with gold tassels while those unable to conform should wear red robes with (WHAT COULD BE MORE FITTING) a dunce cap. «The Recorder, Jun 15»

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