Definition of poppin' a cap

pop a cap

verb

to shoot.
- See more words with the same meaning: to shoot.
Last edited on Jan 21 1998. Submitted by Jason from Boston, MA, USA on Jan 21 1998.
to kill with a firearm.
I'm gonna pop a cap into that bitch when I see her next!
- See more words with the same meaning: to kill.
Last edited on Jan 21 1998. Submitted by Jason from Boston, MA, USA on Jan 21 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'to kill':
off	Definitions include: to kill.
OJ	Definitions include: to kill via stabbing.
tango down	Definitions include: "a target has been injured or killed" or "a terrorist has been injured or killed."
take out	Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
send to the farm	Definitions include: to kill.
wet	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
whack	Definitions include: crazy.
ghost	Definitions include: leaving.
187	Definitions include: to murder, kill.
dust	Definitions include: to leave.
hit	Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
do	Definitions include: to have sex with.
gank	Definitions include: to execute or murder, usually with a firearm.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
kevork	Definitions include: to kill.
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Other terms relating to 'to shoot':
ballistic therapy	Definitions include: being shot so as to improve one's attitude.
lead poisoning	Definitions include: death by shooting.
wet	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
open up	Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
pump full of lead	Definitions include: to shoot repeatedly with a firearm.
bust a cap	Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot".
take	Definitions include: to rob or extort.
pwn	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own.
clap back	Definitions include: to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
drill	Definitions include: the usual procedure.
clap	Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm.
shoot up	Definitions include: to inject a drug.
plug	Definitions include: to engage in sexual intercourse.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
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.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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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.
*cnt Cap**	Definitions include: US Army elongated hat (cover) that comes together at the front and back.
feather in (one's) cap	Definitions include: an accomplishment.
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 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 'pop':
alcopop	Definitions include: flavored, often sweet alcoholic beverage.
Arizona otter pop	Definitions include: To take ones feces and use it to fuck one with.
bubblegum pop	Definitions include: "pop" (popular) music aimed at the young, characterized by being upbeat rather than complex.
eye-popping	Definitions include: amazing.
fizzy pop	Definitions include: a beer.
get popped	Definitions include: to get pulled over by the cops; could also mean getting arrested.
G-pop	Definitions include: shortened form of "general population".
lolly-pop head	Definitions include: a borderline anorexic woman who loses so much weight that their head is too large for their body.
pill popper	Definitions include: a person who is addicted to pills.
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
*pop a cap in (one's) ss**	Definitions include: to shoot someone.
pop a chub	Definitions include: to get an erection.
pop a chubby	Definitions include: to develop or have an erection
pop a load off	Definitions include: To masturbate (male only)
pop a squat	Definitions include: to sit down.
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