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whitecap
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whitecap has 1 sense
- whitecap(n = noun.event) white horse - a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white; Array is a kind of moving ridge, wave
CIDE DICTIONARY
whitecap, n.
- The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. [1913 Webster]
- A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening. [1913 Webster]
- A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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