nap

Meaning

Verb

1. To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
2. (figuratively) To be off one's guard.

Noun

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
2. (countable, uncountable) The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.

Noun

1. (British, countable, uncountable) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
2. (uncountable) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
3. (countable, uncountable) A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

Noun

A cup, bowl.

Synonyms

doze

snooze

siesta

sleep

😴

short sleep

pile

light sleep

catnap

slumber

drowse

doze off

sleep lightly

kip

fluff

forty winks

Napoleon

zizz

down

fur

fuzz

hair

have a nap

rest

catch a wink

cat sleep

be drowsy

have a wink

shuteye

nab

sleepiness

grain

floss

steal

take a nap

velour

villus

wool

cat nap

draught

drowse off

flake out

fibers

nod off

feathers

catch some z’s

stopping at an inn

nod

plumage

drop off

roughen

Translations

Nickerchen

sieste

siesta

Schläfchen

pisolino

sesta

sluimeren

sonnellino

dutten

υπνάκος

soneca

druilen

Noppe

somme

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nap/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nappen

Inherited from Old English: hnappian

Cognate with Old High German: hnaffezan

Cognate with Middle High German: nafzen

Cognate with German: -

Inherited from Middle English: noppe

Inherited from Middle English: nap

Inherited from Old English: hnæpp

Cognate with Dutch: nap

Cognate with Low German: Napp

Cognate with German: Napf

Cognate with Icelandic: hnappur

In summary

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).