capisce
/kəˈpiːʃ/(also capeesh, capisci, capish) slang (chiefly US )
verb
[no object] To understand. Chiefly used in interrogative: ‘Do you understand?’ Compare savvy.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), writer. From Italian capisce, 3rd person singular present indicative of capire to understand from classical Latin capere to understand, to take.
- cattishness
- cattle
- cattle cake
- cattle call
- cattle class
- cattle dog
- cattle-duff
- cattle duffer
- cattle duffing
- cattle egret
- cattle fair
- cattle grid
- cattle guard
- cattle-like
- cattleman
- cattle plague
- cattle run
- cattle station
- cattle stop
- cattleya
- cattle yard
- cat train
- catty
- catty-cornered
- Catullus, Gaius Valerius