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Nap   /næp/   Listen
Nap

noun
1.
A period of time spent sleeping.  Synonym: sleep.  "There wasn't time for a nap"
2.
A soft or fuzzy surface texture.
3.
The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.  Synonym: pile.
4.
Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed).  Synonyms: cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze.
5.
A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes.  Synonym: Napoleon.
verb
(past & past part. napped; pres. part. napping)
1.
Take a siesta.  Synonyms: catch a wink, catnap.



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"Nap" Quotes from Famous Books



... a nap," the other suggested, raising one of the frosted goblets. "Here's to the gratification of ...
— Sunlight Patch • Credo Fitch Harris
... entirely insensible of them ourselves. But why do I thus dwell on myself! Let me rather repeat the praise of our dear little Neice the innocent Louisa, who is at present sweetly smiling in a gentle Nap, as she reposes on the sofa. The dear Creature is just turned of two years old; as handsome as tho' 2 and 20, as sensible as tho' 2 and 30, and as prudent as tho' 2 and 40. To convince you of this, I must inform you that ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen
... came to the field she said to herself, "What shall I do? Shall I cut first, or eat first? Ay, I will eat first!" Then she ate up the contents of her pot, and when it was finished, she thought to herself, "Now, shall I reap first or sleep first? Well, I think I will have a nap!" and so she laid herself down amongst the corn, and ...
— The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew • Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock)
... Ladle?" continued Vince. "If we had been likely to upset, it would have been all over with us long ago; but we go on sailing round as steadily as can be, and I feel sure that we shall get out all right. What do you say to lying down and having a nap?" ...
— Cormorant Crag - A Tale of the Smuggling Days • George Manville Fenn
... entirely taken up by settling into quarters. The tables were laid at six o'clock in the evening. Most of the officers were perfectly exhausted with standing about and running hither and thither; and directly the meal was over they retired to their rooms to get half an hour's nap before their ...
— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein


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