nap
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)naps
- a period of time spent sleeping“he felt better after a little sleep”“there wasn't time for a nap”Synonyms: sleepType of time period, period of timeKinds kip, beauty sleep
- a soft or fuzzy surface textureType of texture
- 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”Synonyms: pileType of thread, yarn
- sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)Synonyms: catnaplight sleepshort sleepforty winkssnoozeType of sleepingKinds zizz, siesta
- a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakesSynonyms: NapoleonType of card game, cards
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Translations
Noun a short period of sleep, especially during the
- Spanish
- siesta
- French
- sieste
- German
- Nickerchen
- Italian
- sonnellino
- Portuguese
- sesta
- Arabic
- قَيْلولة qaylūla
- Chinese
- 小睡 xiǎoshuì
- Japanese
- 昼寝 hirune
- Dutch
- dutje
- Polish
- drzemka
Verb to have a nap
- Spanish
- echar una siesta
- French
- faire la sieste
- Italian
- appisolarsi
- Portuguese
- cochilar
- Turkish
- kestirmek
- Russian
- вздремну́ть vzdremnútʹ
- Chinese
- 打盹 dǎdǔn
- Polish
- drzemać
- Vietnamese
- chợp mắt
- Hungarian
- szundít
5 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- cochilar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 打盹 dǎdǔn
- Romanian
- dormita
- Scottish Gaelic
- dèan dùsal
- Yiddish
- כאַפּן אַ דרעמל khapn a dreml
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. nappen, AS. hnæppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hnīpa, to droop.
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. John Wyclif
I took thee napping, unprepared.—
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. William Cowper
Origin: OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.
1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight, Edward Henry
To raise, or put, a nap on.
Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, 1913 supplement