Usually means: Conical hat symbolizing poor learning.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word dunce cap:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. dunce cap: Merriam-Webster
  2. dunce cap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dunce cap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dunce cap: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dunce cap: Vocabulary.com
  6. dunce cap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dunce cap: Wiktionary
  8. dunce cap (dunce's cap): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. dunce cap: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. dunce cap: Dictionary.com
  11. Dunce cap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. dunce cap: Rhymezone
  13. dunce cap: FreeDictionary.org
  14. dunce cap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. dunce cap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dunce cap: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dunce cap)

noun:  A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that he or she is a dunce.
noun:  The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.

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