baseball cap

American  

noun

1. a close-fitting cap with a deep visor and usually the name or emblem of a baseball team, worn by baseball players, or by others as casual attire.

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baseball cap British  

noun

1. a close-fitting thin cap with a deep peak

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Example Sentences

A young boy wearing short pants and a baseball cap stands in overgrown grass looking at the empty frame from which—amazingly—a blurred figure is descending.

From The Wall Street Journal

A man in a baseball cap added, “The fire department is just as helpless as we are. The gas line broke, too, and the gas is feeding the flames.”

From Literature

He had an orange-and-black baseball cap on his head because tonight he was rooting for the Orioles.

From Literature

He takes his baseball cap off, and for a moment it seems like she’s broken through to him.

From Literature

He wears signature pastel- and highlighter-colored suits and sports baseball caps and sunglasses to host investor panels.

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