| 释义 |
back-cap, n. U.S. slang.
to give one a back-cap, to disclose or state something to one's detriment; to run down. Also as v. trans. (Cent. Dict., 1889).
1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Miss. lii. 462 Now I didn't fear no one giving me a back-cap (exposing his past life) and running me off the job. 1903S. Clapin Dict. Amer. 31 To back cap, to speak evil of some one, so as to spoil his game. |