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Nap
Definitions
- 1 A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- 2 A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather. countable, uncountable
"I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it."
- 3 A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips. British, countable, uncountable
"4. Races run on English, Welsh or Scottish racecourses. This criterion was included so that media tipsters ^([sic]) nap selections in general could be analysed; the source of naps, The Racing Rag 'tipster table', summarises the nap selections of newspaper tipsters, who restrict their selection to horses running at racecourses in these countries."
- 4 A cup, bowl. Northern-England, Scotland
- 5 Acronym of non-aggression principle. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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- 6 a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes wordnet
- 7 The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile. countable, uncountable
"If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction."
- 8 A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon. uncountable
- 9 Acronym of non-aggression pact. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 10 sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) wordnet
- 11 A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon. countable, uncountable
- 12 the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave wordnet
- 13 a soft or fuzzy surface texture wordnet
- 14 a period of time spent sleeping wordnet
- 1 To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- 2 To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
- 3 To grab; to nab. obsolete
- 4 To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
"Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds."
- 5 take a siesta wordnet
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- 6 To be off one's guard. figuratively
"The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse."
Etymology
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
From Middle English nap, from the verb nappen.
From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.
From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.
From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.
From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).
From Middle English nap (“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp (“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap (“drinking cup”), Low German Napp (“bowl, cup”), German Napf (“bowl”), Icelandic hnappur (“button, key”). Doublet of hanap. See also nappy.
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