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nap
1[ nap ]
verb (used without object)
napped, napping.
- to sleep for a short time; doze.
Synonyms: , ,
- to be off one's guard:
The question caught him napping.
verb (used with object)
napped, napping.
- to sleep or doze through (a period of time, an activity, etc.) (usually followed by away ):
I napped the afternoon away. He naps away most of his classes.
noun
- a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
Has the baby had her nap?
nap
2[ nap ]
noun
- the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- any downy coating, as on plants.
verb (used with object)
napped, napping.
- to raise a nap on.
nap
3[ nap ]
noun
-nap
4- a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”:
artnap; petnap; starnap.
nap
1/ æ /
verb
- to sleep for a short while; doze
- to be unaware or inattentive; be off guard (esp in the phrase catch someone napping )
noun
- a short light sleep; doze
nap
2/ æ /
noun
- the raised fibres of velvet or similar cloth
- the direction in which these fibres lie when smoothed down
- any similar downy coating
- informal.blankets, bedding
verb
- tr to raise the nap of (cloth, esp velvet) by brushing or similar treatment
nap
3/ æ /
noun
- Also callednapoleon a card game similar to whist, usually played for stakes
- a call in this card game, undertaking to win all five tricks
- horse racing a tipster's choice for an almost certain winner
- go nap
- to undertake to win all five tricks at nap
- to risk everything on one chance
- not to go nap on slang.to hold in disfavour
- nap handa position in which there is a very good chance of success if a risk is taken
verb
- tr horse racing to name (a horse) as likely to win a race
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Other Word Forms
- Բl adjective
- Բl·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nap1
First recorded before 900; Middle English verb nappen, Old English hnappian, hæpian “to sleep, slumber, doze”; cognate with Old High German (h)naffezen, Middle High German, German nafzen “to slumber”
Origin of nap2
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English noppe, nop(e); probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, nop, noppe; possibly from Old English (wull)hnoppa “(wool) tuft, tuft”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nap1
Old English hnappian; related to Middle High German napfen
Origin of nap2
C15: probably from Middle Dutch noppe; related to Old English hnoppian to pluck
Origin of nap3
C19: short for napoleon , the original name of the card game
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Example Sentences
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I managed to grab an hour's sleep in some public toilets and had some power naps lying down on the trail.
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It was an idea I had in a creative nap.
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"Now I just come home and nap," she says.
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Having a bad night's sleep and then taking a nap may "perpetuate the problem", Dr Lazar says.
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Reel in some fish and chips at Neptune’s Net They’d take a nap while I drive up to Neptune’s Net.
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