baseball cap

English

Woman wearing a baseball cap.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl ˌkæp/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔl ˌkæp/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl ˌkæp/

Noun

baseball cap (plural baseball caps)

  2. (clothing) A cap with a rounded crown and a curved, stiffened bill at the front.
    Synonym: ballcap
    Hyponym: dad hat
    • 2002, The Libertines, “Time for Heroes”, in Up the Bracket:
      There are fewer more distressing sights than that
      Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
    • 2017 January 28, Abigail Edge, “Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2017:
      Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps.

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