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Meaning of "swimming cap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWIMMING CAP

swimming cap  [ˈswɪmɪŋ kæp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWIMMING CAP

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Swimming cap is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWIMMING CAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

swimming cap

Swim cap

A swim cap, swimming cap or bathing cap, is a tightly fitted, skin-tight garment, commonly made from silicone, latex or lycra, worn on the head by recreational and competitive swimmers. Caps are worn for various reasons. Some facilities require the wearing of swim caps, in order to protect filters from becoming clogged with loose hairs which fall from the head of swimmers who are not wearing a cap, or to ensure long loose hair does not get caught in equipment. Caps are also sometimes worn in an attempt to keep hair relatively dry or not effected by chlorinated water, to keep the sun off the hair, and also, when a cap is worn with ear plugs, in order to keep water out of the ears. Competitive swim caps also reduce drag in the water caused by loose hair. During longer swimming sessions, a swim cap keeps the wearer's head warm.

Definition of swimming cap in the English dictionary

The definition of swimming cap in the dictionary is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWIMMING CAP


ASCAP
ˈæskæp
blackcap
ˈblækˌkæp
cap
kæp
Capp
kæp
ettercap
ˈɛtəˌkæp
handicap
ˈhændɪˌkæp
hubcap
ˈhʌbˌkæp
icecap
ˈaɪsˌkæp
kneecap
ˈniːˌkæp
madcap
ˈmædˌkæp
Mencap
ˈmɛnkæp
microcap
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkæp
midcap
ˈmɪdˈkæp
nightcap
ˈnaɪtˌkæp
recap
ˈriːˌkæp
redcap
ˈrɛdˌkæp
snowcap
ˈsnəʊˌkæp
toecap
ˈtəʊˌkæp
uncap
ʌnˈkæp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWIMMING CAP

swimfeeder
swimmable
swimmer
swimmeret
swimmers
swimmily
swimming
swimming bath
swimming baths
swimming costume
swimming crab
swimming gala
swimming instructor
swimming pool
swimming ring
swimming suit
swimming trunks
swimmingly
swimmingness
swimmy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWIMMING CAP

baseball cap
bathing cap
black cap
cradle cap
crown cap
distributor cap
dunce cap
filler cap
flat cap
Juliet cap
lens cap
put on one´s thinking cap
radiator cap
screw cap
shower cap
skull cap
stocking cap
thinking cap
watch cap
yachting cap

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «swimming cap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWIMMING CAP

Find out the translation of swimming cap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swimming 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 «swimming cap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泳帽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gorro de baño
570 millions of speakers

English

swimming cap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्विमिंग कैप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قبعة السباحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шапочка для плавания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

touca de natação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাঁতার টুপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonnet de bain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Topi renang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Badekappe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水泳帽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수영 모자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cap nglangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mũ bơi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீச்சல் தொப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोहण्याचे कॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzme Kampı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cuffia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czepek kąpielowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шапочка для плавання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capac de înot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκουφάκι κολύμβησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swempet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

badmössa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

badehette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swimming cap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIMMING CAP»

The term «swimming cap» is regularly used and occupies the 56.627 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIMMING CAP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swimming cap

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWIMMING CAP»

Discover the use of swimming cap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swimming cap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fitness Swimming-2nd Edition
Murphy has a law. I don't recall the exact wording, but it has something to do with the availability, at any point in the future, of the only goggle style that fits your face . Swimming Cap For anyone whose hair is more than a few inches long, ...
Emmett Hines
2
Organosilicon Compounds—Advances in Research and ...
“When worn, the swimming cap has an outward facing side and an inward facing (that faces the wearer's head). The printing of a pattern onto the outward facing side of swimming caps is well known and custom printing is offered commercially.
‎2013
3
Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast
Thus Du. badmuts 'swimming cap' can be jocularly used for "bald person." Either the object swimming cap leads me- tonymically to a person with a 'swimming cap' and from there by metaphoric similarity to someone who looks as if he is ...
René Dirven, Ralf Pörings, 2003
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Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in ...
On top, she wore a loose, thick blouse, cut high around the neck, with elbow- length sleeves. She also typically bundled her hair under a swimming cap. A proper male swimmer was not quite this clothed, but almost. He wore loose-fitting trunks ...
Jeff Wiltse, 2009
5
Words and Other Wonders: Papers on Lexical and Semantic Topics
Badmuts literally means 'swimming cap' but is also used jocularly for a bald person. The shift can be analyzed in two ways. Either 'swimming cap' leads metonymically to 'a person with a swimming cap' and from there by metaphorical similarity ...
Dirk Geeraerts, 2006
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The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
However, as Geeraerts (2002: 460) points out with the example of the Dutch compound badmuts 'bald person' (literally 'swimming cap'), the relative ordering of metaphorical and metonymic operations need not always be fixed to arrive at an ...
Dirk Geeraerts, Herbert Cuyckens, 2010
7
Kid's Box American English Level 1 Teacher's Edition
fact. that. we. wear. different. clothes. in. different. places. Target. language. ○ Key language: In school, I wear..., She has ... /He has ... ○ Additional language: sneakers, bathing suit, pajamas, swimming cap ○ Review: clothes, colors, sports  ...
Melanie Williams, 2010
8
Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a ...
According to Geeraerts, the compound can be analyzed in two ways: either “ swimming cap” leads metonymically to 'a person who looks as if he was wearing a swimming cap, a bald person', or “swimming cap” is metaphorized as 'a head that ...
Antonio Barcelona, Réka Benczes, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, 2011
9
Learning Swimming
Swimming. cap. At some pools you have to wear a swimming cap. This is to prevent loose hair getting in the water and clogging up the drain. Also, some swim instructors have the children in their lesson groups wear identically colored  ...
‎2004
10
Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of ...
Badmuts ("swimming cap", i.e. 'bald person') represents the third category, i.e. the interchangeability of metaphor and metonymy. According to Geeraerts, the compound can be analysed in two ways: either "swimming cap" leads metonymically ...
Réka Benczes, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWIMMING CAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swimming cap is used in the context of the following news items.
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Just in time for summer, company develops a swimming cap for beards
Thankfully, the company, a sponsor of the open water Great North Swim event, has developed a Lycra prototype Beard Cap that “packs the beard against the ... «Sun Times National, Jun 15»
2
A swimming cap for beards is a hipster's dream come true
The UK train operating company, which has teamed up with the Great North Swim from June 12 to 14, says it developed a prototype Lycra cap specifically ... «Mashable, Jun 15»
3
Now you can have a lush beard and compete in the pool. Source …
Simply called the Beard Cap, the product functions like a regular swimming cap, only it extends from the wearer's head all the way down to their chin to ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
4
King's Cross Pond: a review
A new swimming pond-cum-art installation has opened in central London, among tower blocks and ... And why don't more people wear swimming caps? «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Swimmer Braves Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, a Superfund Site
An environmental activist who says he was the first to swim the lengths of the ... goggles and a green rubber swimming cap on which Mr. Swain had written, ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
6
YouTubers Attempt New Method of Putting On a Swimming Cap, in …
Putting on a swimming cap to protect your hair can be no fun. While a new method of accomplishing this by a group of YouTubers does not make the task any ... «Yahoo News, May 14»
7
Goggles, swim cap of Australian shark attack victim recovered along …
The swimming cap and goggles of a woman taken by a shark in Australia have been found along with a small amount of human remains, police said on Friday. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
8
Diana Nyad Tries Daunting Cuba-Florida Swim Again
U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad adjusts her swimming cap as a woman applies a protective ointment to her skin as she prepares to jump into the water and start her ... «NBC 6 South Florida, Sep 13»
9
Why do Olympic-level swimmers wear two caps?
En route to her gold-medal performance in the women's 100-meter butterfly race, U.S. swimmer Dana Vollmer's outer cap fell off, showing another swimming cap ... «Yahoo! Philippines News, Jul 12»
10
Michael Phelps Complains About Swim Cap Rules For London …
LONDON -- Michael Phelps is perturbed he can't wear insignias of the U.S. flag on both sides of his swimming cap at the London Olympics. Phelps posted a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 12»

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