recap

See also: récap

English

Etymology 1

re- + cap

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rē-kăpʹ, IPA(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æp

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

  1. To seal (something) again with a cap.
  2. (Canada, US) To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion.
    Synonym: retread
    • 1957 Aug, “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.
Translations

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

  1. 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.

Etymology 2

Clipping of recapitulation.

Pronunciation

  • (noun) enPR: rēʹ-kăp, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːkæp/
  • (file)
  • (verb) enPR: rē-kăpʹ, rēʹ-kăp, IPA(key): /ɹiːˈkæp/, /ˈɹiːkæp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːkæp, (verb) -æp

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

  1. A recapitulation.
    • 2020 August 12, Paul Bigland, “High Speed 2 is starting to accelerate”, in Rail, page 56:
      With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months.
Synonyms

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

  1. To recapitulate.
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Clipping of recapitalization.

Noun

recap (plural recaps)

  1. 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.

Etymology 4

re- + cap (etymology 4)

Verb

recap (third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

  1. (informal) To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.