recap
See also: récap
English
Etymology 1
re- + cap
Pronunciation
- enPR: rē-kăpʹ, IPA(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/
Verb
recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)
- To seal (something) again with a cap.
- To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English)
- 1957, “Recap your old tires?”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 11, number 8, page 13:
- Are recapped tires safe? This is obviously the thing to know before you consider buying recaps.
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Noun
recap (plural recaps)
- A tire that has had new tread glued on.
- 2008, John Adamson, Law for Business and Personal Use, →ISBN, page 102:
- As she did so, Stacy noted that the tire had been a recap—a tire created by gluing a new outer portion of tread onto the worn inner core of old tires.
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Etymology 2
Shortened from recapitulation
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: rēʹ-kăp, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːkæp/
- (verb) enPR: rē-kăpʹ, rēʹ-kăp, IPA(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/, /ˈɹiːkæp/
Noun
recap (plural recaps)
- A recapitulation.
Synonyms
- (recapitulation): summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up
Verb
recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)
- To recapitulate.
Synonyms
- (recapitulate): summarise/summarize, sum up
Etymology 3
Shortened from recapitalization
Noun
recap (plural recaps)
- A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
- 2009, Thomas Kirchner, Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage, →ISBN, page 196:
- A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap.
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Verb
recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)
- (informal) To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.
Anagrams
- Pacer, caper, crape, pacer