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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nap1
▶noun a short sleep, especially during the day. ▶verb (naps, napping, napped) have a nap.
– origin OE hnappian, prob. of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nap2
▶noun
- 1 the raised hairs or threads on the surface of fabric or suede leather, in terms of the direction in which they naturally lie.
- 2 Austral. informal, dated a bedroll used for sleeping on in the open.
– derivatives
napless adjective.
napless adjective.
– origin ME noppe, from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. noppe ‘nap’, noppen ‘trim the nap from’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nap3
▶noun
- 1 a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five.
- 2 Brit. a tipster's choice for the probable winner of a race.
■ the betting of all one's money on one prospective winner.
– phrases
go nap attempt to take all five tricks in nap.
go nap attempt to take all five tricks in nap.
■ score or win five times.
■ risk everything in one attempt.
– origin C19: abbrev. of napoleon, the orig. name of the card game.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nap4
▶verb (naps, napping, napped) serve (food) in a sauce.
– origin 1960s: from Fr. napper ‘coat with (a sauce)’, from nappe ‘cloth’, figuratively ‘pool of liquid’.
'nap' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "nap" in the title:
"If I take a nap, I oversleep."
"Take a nap" vs "Have a snooze"
a nanny nap
finding/making time whenever her baby daughter took a nap
Nap
power nap
siesta VS nap
"Take a nap" vs "Have a snooze"
a nanny nap
finding/making time whenever her baby daughter took a nap
Nap
power nap
siesta VS nap
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