English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē-kăpʹ, IPA^(key): /riːˈkæp/

Verb

recap ‎(third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

1. To seal (something) again with a cap.
2. To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion.
   • 1957, “Recap your old tires?”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 11, page 13:

     Are recapped tires safe? This is obviously the thing to know before you consider buying recaps.

Noun

recap ‎(plural recaps)

1. A tire that has had new tread glued on.
   • 2008, John Adamson, Law for Business and Personal Use, ISBN 0538445882, page 102:

     As she did so, Stacy noted that the tire had been a recap—a tire created by gluing a new outer portion of tread onto the worn inner core of old tires.

Etymology 2

Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulation

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: rēʹ-kăp, IPA^(key): /ˈriːkæp/
• (verb) enPR: rē-kăpʹ, rēʹ-kăp, IPA^(key): /riːˈkæp/, /ˈriːkæp/

Noun

recap ‎(plural recaps)

1. A recapitulation.

Synonyms

• (recapitulation): summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

Verb

recap ‎(third-person singular simple present recaps, present participle recapping, simple past and past participle recapped)

1. To recapitulate.

Synonyms

• (recapitulate): summarise/summarize, sum up

Etymology 3

Shortened from recapitalization

Noun

recap ‎(plural recaps)

1. A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
   • 2009, Thomas Kirchner, Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage, ISBN 0470508116, page 196:

     A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap.

Anagrams

• caper
• crape
• pacer, Pacer