CAPSIZE


Meaning of CAPSIZE in English

■ verb (of a boat) be overturned in the water.

Origin

C18: perh. based on Sp. capuzar 'sink a ship by the head', from cabo 'head' + chapuzar 'to dive or duck'.

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