whitecap
noun
a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
whitecaps
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pluralof whitecap.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
“It’s really important that the recreational boater — or even professional boater — recognize that when whitecaps turn up so fast ... it’s time to put on your life jacket and get off the water.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
But as quickly as the national craziness over aerial phenomena began, the military packed up and went home, leaving the answers encased in Arctic ice and under the whitecaps of Lake Huron.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Along the Battery area at the southern tip of the 350-year-old city’s peninsula, locals and tourists alike took selfies against the choppy backdrop of whitecaps in Charleston Harbor as palm trees bent in gusty wind.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
What was the matter with his life all these years, that it had stood in anxious whitecaps?
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
