noun🔗ShareAny of several birds having a white patch on the head."A birdwatcher identified several whitecaps near the lake, noting their distinctive white patches on their heads. "birdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA wave having a white crest; a breaker."From the shore, we watched the wind whip the ocean into a frenzy of whitecaps. "nauticalweatheroceannatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks."During the Reconstruction era, the whitecaps terrorized Black communities in the South with violence and intimidation. "grouppoliticshistorylawpersonactionorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading