cap n.6
1. the mind; implied in snap one’s cap
2. the top of the head, the cranium; implied at peel caps under peel v.
In phrases
(N.Z.) having lost one’s temper.
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. |
intellect, intelligence.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | All the Right Stuff 123: And when a young man like you comes along, somebody with something on the cap [etc]. |
1. to lose one’s temper; to break down emotionally.
| Pittsburgh Courier (PA) 27 Feb. 20/1: Roberta Felder [...] snapped her cap when the WAACs’ doctor told her TB had set in. | |
| Really the Blues 187: You snapped your cap long ago. | |
| They’d Rather Be Right 148: The kid soldier had apparently snapped his cap, [...] He patted the boy on the shoulder. ‘Take it easy, son.’. | |
| Corner Boy 45: Man, I‘m poppin’ my cap. [Ibid.] 203: Man, I’m busting my cap. | |
| Captain Newman, M.D. 181: The Colonel has snapped his cap! | |
| Nice Girls Finish Last 91: After a hairy tour of Chechnya that left Reb a bit shell-shocked, he had been sent to Haiti, where he really snapped his cap. |
2. (US Black) to appeal, to please.
| Pittsburgh Courier (PA) 25 Feb. 20/1: And that’s what snaps my cap about the East. |
(US black) to annoy, infuriate.
| Adventures 9: ‘What really set him off was me messin' with his records [...] This really twisted his cap. This was personal, and the beating was bad’. |