nap: Meaning and Definition of

nap

1. to sleep for a short time; doze.
2. to be off one's guard: The question caught him napping.

1. to sleep or doze through (a period of time, an activity, etc.) (usually fol. by away): I napped the afternoon away. He naps away most of his classes.

1. a brief period of sleep, esp. one taken during daytime: Has the baby had her nap?

nap

1. the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
2. any downy coating, as on plants.

1. to raise a nap on.

nap

1. napoleon (defs. 2, 3).

-nap

1. a combining form extracted fromwith the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”: artnap; petnap; starnap.