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Recap is short for recapitulation or briefly going over what has already been said.

(noun)

An example of a recap is the summary of a new program before the show is over.

To recap is to repair a tire by attaching new rubber treads, or to replace the top on a container.

(verb)

An example of recap is to repair a bald tire with new tread.
An example of recap is to put the top back onto a screw-top wine bottle.

The definition of a recap is a tire that has been repaired by attaching new rubber treads.

(noun)

An example of a recap is a retreaded tire.

See recap in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb recapped, recapping

☆ to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire) by cementing a strip of crude rubber to the old casing and vulcanizing in a mold; retread

Origin: re- + cap

noun

a recapped tire; retread

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recappable adjective

noun

recapitulation

transitive verb, intransitive verb recapped, recapping

recapitulate

See recap in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·capped, re·cap·ping, re·caps

To replace a cap or caplike covering on: recapped the bottle.
To restore (a used tire of a motor vehicle) to usable condition by bonding new rubber onto the worn tread and lateral surface.

noun (rēˈkăpˌ)

A tire that has been recapped.

transitive verb re·capped, re·cap·ping, re·caps

To recapitulate: recapped the headlines at the end of the news broadcast.

noun

A recapitulation, as of a news report.

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