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Nape

//neɪp// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The back part of the neck.

    "He was still stroking Radar, long glides of his hand from nape to tail."

  2. 2
    A tablecloth. obsolete
  3. 3
    Napalm. slang, uncountable

    "RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em."

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    the back side of the neck wordnet
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  1. 6
    The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.
Verb
  1. 1
    To bombard with napalm. slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull. More at nap.

Etymology 2

From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron. Doublet of map, mop, and nappe.

Etymology 3

Short for napalm.

Etymology 4

Short for napalm.

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