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NAPS
Noun
naps
plural of nap
Noun
naps pl (plural only)
(slang) kinky or curly hair
Verb
naps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nap
Anagrams
• ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SNAP, SPAN, pans, snap, span
Source: Wiktionary
NAP
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
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