sports cap

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noun

a hat designed for sports or to look sporty

a special top for a bottle, designed to aid drinking without spilling

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Words nearby sports cap

sporting lady, sportive, sports, sports bar, sports bra, sports cap, sports car, sportscast, sportscaster, sportscasting, sports coat

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Example sentences from the Web for sports cap

Michael Steinbrick, a personal trainer with New York Sports Clubs, says he can always spot a newbie.
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Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
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In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
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Local life in these places is not defined by their sports team or by their natural beauty—by things only available locally.
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The cap devices on thousands of identical hats glinted in the late morning sun along with the shields worn by each of the cops.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Parliament of England ordered the Book of Sports to be burned by the common hangman.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.
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With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
"It's like that out here on the Riviera," said Jane, shaking her head so gloomily that the ruffled cap wobbled.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson

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