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Napping   /nˈæpɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Napping  n.  
1.
The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
2.
(Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.
3.
The act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is a common occupation for cats.


verb
Nap  v. t.  To raise, or put, a nap on.


Nap  v. i.  (past & past part. napped; pres. part. napping)  
1.
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
2.
To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. "I took thee napping, unprepared."





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"Napping" Quotes from Famous Books



... to go napping, Doc," answered Burke gratefully. "You're a good friend of mine, and I appreciate your advice. But I don't expect any more trouble ...
— Traffic in Souls - A Novel of Crime and Its Cure • Eustace Hale Ball
... tired, and as he sat there thinking, he fell asleep, and he had a strange dream. He thought Nihka, the wild goose, flew into the wigwam and around and around near the top, napping her wings and crying. She seemed to say, "Give me a message! Give me a message! And I shall save you." Around and around she flew, and at last lighted in the ashes of the smouldering ...
— Thirty Indian Legends • Margaret Bemister
... so bright to her that evening. Something seemed to be threatening evil, and she sat listless and abstracted, when her mother came home, looking from the window. She did not even see her mother, until she put a hand upon each of her shoulders and asked her "if she was napping?" ...
— The Elm Tree Tales • F. Irene Burge Smith
... you are telling me, boy," remarked the captain. "How is it you know there is an ambuscade laid to catch us napping?" ...
— The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields • Lieut. Howard Payson
... narrowly at his vis a vis to see what effect his words had on him, possibly to draw him out. But Mr. Parker was too old a bird to be caught napping, even by a clever adventurer. Instantly on ...
— The Mask - A Story of Love and Adventure • Arthur Hornblow


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