recap1
[verb ree-kap, ree-kap; noun ree-kap]
- 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.
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- a recapped tire.
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Origin of recap1
recap2
[ree-kap]
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- to recapitulate.
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Origin of recap2
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
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recap
- informal short for recapitulate
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- informal recapitulation
- Australian and NZ another name for retread
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Word Origin and History for recap
v.
1856, "put a cap on again," from re- + cap (n.). Specific sense "put a strip of rubber on the tread of a tire" is 1920s. As a shortened form of recapitulate, it dates from 1920s. Related: Recapped; recapping.
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