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baseball cap

American

noun

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.

baseball cap British

noun

a close-fitting thin cap with a deep peak

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Trump wore an open-neck shirt and a white baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Trump, wearing a white baseball cap marked "USA" and no tie with his white shirt and dark jacket, stood at a podium between two flags against a black background.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Once treatment was complete, my hair looked wet with a faint blood-red hue and felt a bit sticky, but it was nothing a baseball cap couldn’t hide.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

In September, 2022, 48-year-old Torres Bruster walked into a gas-station convenience store in his Akron, Ohio, neighborhood, wearing a baseball cap and a black T-shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Unleashed by their insults, I was now free to criticize Martin’s clothing: the pleated denim shorts, the baseball cap, the T-shirt advertising a San Diego pizza restaurant.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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