Meaning of cap'n | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Contraction of Captain.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal
2. Contraction of captain used as a title.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Aye aye, cap'n!”

““Uh, I think⟳ we should do, uh, what you want⟳ to do, Cap'n. Cap'n's choice.” “I'm not asking you to kiss my ass. Come⟳ on. No wrong answers.” “Uh, okay. We could do evasive maneuver eighty... eight...?” “Is he (bleep)ing serious?” “That was the wrong answer⟳!” “I meant 84.” “In this situation? Are you crazy?” “Mariner!” “Have⟳ you not been paying attention? That could get⟳ us killed.””

““If you really feel⟳ like⟳ you need⟳ a special ending to this, you have⟳ about an hour to make⟳ it hap'n, cap'n.” “Actually, now, about a half hour.””

“The cynical assert that Cap'ns Edwards and Felix and the rest⟳ of them don't know⟳ a bull whale when they see⟳ one, and that the chances are that Father Whale is the missing member of the family.”

“HE WAS a fine pirate, in the best piratical tradition, and stood outside our local toy library.”

“Javier Bardem brings an air of mouldering chorizo to this guest-villain role, but the screenplay doesn’t develop⟳ the enmity so much as jetski around it, stirring up noisy turbulence – doubtless sensing that the fanbase isn’t here for intricate yarn-spinning, rather the long-awaited/shruggingly tolerated return⟳ of Cap’n Jack.”

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