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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Investigators also found a baseball cap, red sweater, cargo shorts and a sock nearby but no documentation identifying the victim. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 Unlike his predecessor, Nick Nurse, Rajaković doesn’t generally wear a baseball cap. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 How many Vandy hoodies and baseball caps and #2 jerseys are now being worn by the otherwise unaffiliated football fan as opposed to, say, a med school alumnus? Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025 In 2023, wearing baggy jeans, a fleece vest, and a baseball cap, he was photographed at a gas station filling up his truck and then eating a sandwich in the cab, purportedly a chicken one. Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 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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