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bottle cap in American Englishnouna device for closing or sealing a bottle, esp. a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle Word origin [1925–30, Amer.]Examples of 'bottle cap' in a sentencebottle cap Make a hole in the bottle cap just big enough to poke the straw through.Pull the bottle cap open and f irmly push the foot pump nozzle into it.Shampoo and rinse as normal before pouring a bottle cap amount of vinegar all over.Two mattresses with crumpled, wrecked sheets are on the floor, accessorised with bottle caps and poker chips.He wore earrings of parrot feathers, and a necklace of animal bones and bottle caps.Since cleaning roadsides has become my life, my fingertips have turned black, like spent matches, from prying up bottle caps. |