napping, off-guard, off guard, off one's guard, off his guard, off her guard, off your guard
(adjective) not prepared or vigilant; “the blow caught him napping”; “caught in an off-guard moment”; “found him off his guard”
nap, catnap, catch a wink
(verb) take a siesta; “She naps everyday after lunch for an hour”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
napping
present participle of nap
napping (plural nappings)
The act of taking a nap or short sleep.
The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
Source: Wiktionary
Nap"ping, n.
1. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
2. (Hat Making)
Definition: A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body. Knight.
Nap, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped; p. pr. & vb. n. Napping.] Etym: [OE. nappen, AS. hn&ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hnipa, to droop.]
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. Chaucer.
2. To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras.
Nap, n.
Definition: A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.
Nap, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. Knight.
Nap, v. t.
Definition: To raise, or put, a nap on.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
