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nap

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nap 1  (np)
n.
A brief sleep, often during the day.
intr.v. napped, nap·ping, naps
1. To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze.
2. To be unaware of imminent danger or trouble; be off guard: The civil unrest caught the police napping.

[Middle English, from nappen, to doze, from Old English hnappian.]

napper n.
Word History: The famous verse 4 of Psalm 121, rendered in the King James Version as "Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep," is rendered in a Middle English translation as "Loo, ha shal not nappen ne slepen that kepeth ireal." The word nappen is indeed the Middle English ancestor of our word nap. Lest it be thought undignified to say that God could nap, it must be realized that our word nap was at one time not associated only with the younger and older members of society nor simply with short periods of rest. The ancestors of our word, Old English hnappian and its descendant, Middle English nappen, could both refer to prolonged periods of sleep as well as short ones and also, as in the quotation from Psalm 121, to sleepiness. But these senses have been lost. Since the word has become less dignified, we would not find nap used in a modern translation of Psalm 121.

nap 2  (np)
n.
A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
tr.v. napped, nap·ping, naps
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by obsolete French nape, tablecloth) of Middle English noppe, from Middle Dutch.]

nap 3  (np)
tr.v. napped, nap·ping, naps
To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish): "a stuffed veal chop napped with an elegant Port sauce" Jay Jacobs.

[French napper, from nappe, cover; see nappe.]

nap 1
Noun
a short sleep
Verb
[napping, napped]
1. to have a short sleep
2. catch someone napping to catch someone unprepared: they don't want to be caught napping when the army moves again [Old English hnappian]

nap 2
Noun
the raised fibres of velvet or similar cloth [probably Middle Dutch noppe]

nap 3
Noun
1. a card game similar to whist
2. Horse racing a tipster's choice for a certain winner
Verb
[napping, napped]
Horse racing to name (a horse) as a likely winner [shortened from Napoleon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.napnap - a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
beauty sleep - sleep before midnight
kip - sleep; "roused him from his kip"
2.nap - a soft or fuzzy surface texture
texture - the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"
3.napnap - the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
4.napnap - sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
siesta - a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
zizz - a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz"
5.nap - a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
Verb1.napnap - take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
doze, drowse, snooze - sleep lightly or for a short period of time

nap 1
verb 1. sleep, rest, nod, drop off (informal) doze, kip Brit. (slang) snooze (informal) nod off (informal) catnap, drowse, zizz Brit. (informal)
noun 2. sleep, rest, kip Brit. (slang) siesta, catnap, forty winks (informal) shuteye (slang) zizz Brit. (informal)

nap 2
Translations

nap [næp] n (= sleep) → sueñecito, siesta;
they were caught napping → les pilló desprevenidos
nap [næp] n (= sleep) → (petit) somme
vi to be caught napping → être pris(e) à l'improviste or en défaut
nap [næp] nSchläfchen nt;
(of fabric) → Strich m
vi to be caught napping (fig) → überrumpelt werden;
to have a nap → ein Schläfchen or ein Nickerchen (inf) machen
nap [næp] n (= sleep) → pisolino; [of cloth] → peluria
vi to be caught napping → essere preso alla sprovvista;
to have a nap → schiacciare un pisolino

nap
n nap [nӕp]
a short sleep She always has a nap after lunch. slapie, dutjie غَفْوَه дрямка zdřímnutí, šlofík lur das Nickerchen υπνάκος siesta uinak چرت زدن nokkaunet (petit) somme תְנוּמָה झपकी, मखमल के महीन धागे drijemanje szundikálás tidur sebentar blundur sonnellino, pisolino うたたね 잠깐 눈을 붙이다, 졸다 pogulis, prisnūdimas snauda tidur sekejap dutje lur, høneblund drzemka soneca pui de somn короткий сон zdriemnutie dremež dremka tupplur งีบ şekerleme (白天)小睡,打盹 дрімота; короткий сон قيلولہ giấc ngủ ngắn
catch (someone) napping
to catch (someone) unprepared for a particular emergency etc. iemand aan die slaap gevang يُفاجِئُه وهو نائِم заварвам някого неподготвен přistihnout, překvapit tage nogen på sengen (jemanden) überrumpeln πιάνω στον ύπνο coger/pillar a alguien desprevenido ootamatult tabama در حالت غفلت و بی خبری بودن saada kiinni au dépourvu prendre נִתפּס לא מוּכַן सोता हुआ पाना, असावधान या बखे़बर पाना, गुफलत या गलती करते हुए पकड़ लेना zateći nespremnim,uhvatiti na spavanju készületlenül talál; rajtakap memergoki kelengahan grípa e-n sofandi á verðinum (cogliere alla sprovvista) 不意を突く 남이 방심한 틈을 타다 užklupti nepasiruošusį pārsteigt nesagatavotu dalam keadaan tidak sedar iemand betrappen ta noen senga zaskoczyć (kogoś) apanhar desprevenido a lua pe nepregătite застигнуть (кого-л.) врасплох pristihnúť presenetiti uhvatiti nespremnog ta ngn på sängen จับได้ว่าทำผิด hazırlırksız yakalamak 乘某人疏忽抓錯 захопити зненацька جاپکڑنا thấy ai không chú ý


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I am going to lie down like a civilized being, and try and get a nap.
And when he was supposed to be working in the corn-fields, and the tall stalks hid him from Mombi's view, Tip would often dig in the gopher holes, or if the mood seized him -- lie upon his back between the rows of corn and take a nap.
As soon as they were on the ship, Gub-Gub, the pig, asked where the beds were, for it was four o'clock in the afternoon and he wanted his nap.
 
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