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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nap•per1 (nap′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a textile worker who naps cloth.
- a machine for putting a nap on cloth.
nap•per2 (nap′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who naps or dozes.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see nap1, -er1
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nap1 /næp/USA pronunciation v., napped, nap•ping, n. v. [no object] - to sleep for a short time;
doze. - to be off one's guard:The question caught him napping.
n. [countable] - a brief period of sleep, esp. one taken during daytime.
nap•per, n. [countable]nap2 /næp/USA pronunciation n., v., napped, nap•ping. n. [countable] - the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth.
v. [~ + object] - to raise a nap on.
napped, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nap1 (nap),USA pronunciation v., napped, nap•ping, n. v.i. - to sleep for a short time;
doze. - to be off one's guard:The question caught him napping.
v.t. - to sleep or doze through (a period of time, an activity, etc.) (usually fol. by away):I napped the afternoon away. He naps away most of his classes.
n. - a brief period of sleep, esp. one taken during daytime:Has the baby had her nap?
- bef. 900; Middle English nappen (verb, verbal), nap (noun, nominal), Old English hnappian to sleep; cognate with Middle High German napfen
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nod, rest, catnap.
nap2 (nap),USA pronunciation n., v., napped, nap•ping. n. - the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- Botanyany downy coating, as on plants.
v.t. - to raise a nap on.
- 1400–50; late Middle English noppe, Old English -hnoppa (as in wullknoppa, mistake for *wullhnoppa tuft of wool), cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German noppe; akin to Old English hnoppian to pluck
nap′less, adj. nap′less•ness, n. nap3 (nap),USA pronunciation n. - Games, Currencynapoleon (defs. 2, 3).
-nap, - a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense "abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom'':artnap;petnap;starnap.
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