Definition of a feather in her cap

feather in (one's) cap

noun

• an accomplishment.

  Last edited on Sep 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 07 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'cap':
brown-cap	Definitions include: to need to defecate badly.
bust a cap	Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot".
bust caps	Definitions include: to use all capital letters when texting, posting, tweeting or emailing.
cap	Definitions include: a bullet.
cap fight	Definitions include: a light-hearted verbal duel between two people.
c*nt Cap	Definitions include: US Army elongated hat (cover) that comes together at the front and back.
jimmy cap	Definitions include: a condom.
large-cap	Definitions include: From Wall Street, as in large-capitalization.
night cap	Definitions include: an alcoholic drink before going to bed.
penis cap	Definitions include: Another way of saying one is a clown
pop a cap	Definitions include: to shoot.
pop a cap in (one's) *ss	Definitions include: to shoot someone.
small-cap	Definitions include: From Wall Street, as in small-capitalization.
snow-cap	Definitions include: An old person with white or grey hair.
white cap	Definitions include: old person
Other terms relating to 'feather':
feather Indian	Definitions include: a native American.
tar and feather	Definitions include: to punish.
Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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