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nap 1 |nap| verb (naps, napping, napped) [ no obj. ] sleep lightly or briefly, esp. during the day. noun a short sleep, esp. during the day: excuse me, I'll just take a little nap. PHRASES catch someone napping informal (of a person, action, or event) find someone off guard and unprepared to respond: he caught the runner napping off second base and tagged him out. ORIGIN Old English hnappian, probably of Germanic origin. nap 2 |nap| noun [ in sing. ] the raised hairs, threads, or similar small projections on the surface of fabric or suede (used esp. with reference to the direction in which they naturally lie): carefully machine the seam, following the direction of the nap. DERIVATIVES napless adjective ORIGIN late Middle English noppe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe ‘nap,’ noppen ‘trim the nap from.’ nap 3 |nap| noun a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game. nap 4 |nap| verb (naps, napping, napped) [ no obj. ] (of a horse) refuse, esp. habitually, to go on at the rider's instruction; jib.
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