recap

¹

[ree-kap, ree-kap, ree-kap]

verb (used with object)

recapped, recapping 

1. to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.

noun

1. a recapped tire.

recap

²

[ree-kap]

noun

1. a recapitulation.

verb (used with or without object)

recapped, recapping 

1. to recapitulate.

recap

verb

1. informal,  short for recapitulate

noun

1. informal,  recapitulation

2. another name for retread

Other Word Forms

• recappable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recap¹

First recorded in 1935–40; re- + cap ¹

Origin of recap²

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

“I don’t even know where to begin to try to recap all the heroic efforts that went into today,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said afterward, “from one guy to the next.”

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

“I was paired against an absolute icon, got a nice chat, pictures, a signed sheet, and now a recap of my mistakes,” one of his opponents in Louisiana, Nahum Jose Vilamil, wrote on social media.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Before we get there, a recap is in order.

Read more on Salon

Gunn is so conscious of the trope that he inserts a visual punchline into the “previously on” recap introducing the second season that serves a dual purpose.

Read more on Salon

To recap the first two innings one more time:

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• rehash 
• rundown 
• summation 
• synopsis