baseball cap

noun

: a cap of the kind worn by baseball players that has a rounded crown and a long visor

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Leonardo DiCaprio went incognito in a dark suit and black baseball cap. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 26 June 2025 On one side of the dividing line, there are expensive suits and Champagne, a few metres away, there are, yes, plenty of young lads in suits, but also baseball caps, hoodies and see-through ponchos. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025 The conversation appears to turn tense and Bautista, wearing a dark-colored baseball cap and a blue hoodie, steps back and starts gesturing wildly up and down the street. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025 Although, there was a pink goat embroidered on the baseball cap gifted to outgoing county manager Diorio by board Vice Chair Leigh Altman, who joined her fellow commissioners in praising Diorio for her candor, decisiveness and depth of knowledge. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for baseball cap

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baseball cap was in 1865

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“Baseball cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball%20cap. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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baseball cap

noun
: a cap of the kind worn by baseball players that has a rounded crown and a long visor

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