capo
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1ca·po
noun \ˈkā-(ˌ)pō\ plural capos
Definition of CAPO
: a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings
Origin of CAPO
short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboard
First Known Use: 1926
2ca·po
noun \ˈkä-(ˌ)pō, ˈka-\ plural capos
Definition of CAPO
: the head of a branch of a crime syndicate
Origin of CAPO
Italian, head, chief, from Latin caput
First Known Use: circa 1952
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