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Nap

noun

A period of time spent sleeping. Synonym: sleep. "There wasn't time for a nap"

A soft or fuzzy surface texture.

The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave. Synonym: pile.

Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). Synonyms: cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze.

A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes. Synonym: Napoleon.

verb

(past & past part. napped; pres. part. napping)

Take a siesta. Synonyms: catch a wink, catnap.

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"Nap" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself over for another nap: "I have dreamed nothing about it, Jonathan. And I'm sure such a dream ought to have come to me, and not to you: so we'll even go to sleep again, ...

— The Life of General Francis Marion • Mason Locke Weems

... twelve and dine at six. My appetite is not much at any time. My sleep, so so. [All through his illness he went to bed at nine or shortly after.] I feel for the most part like a man balancing whether he will keep on swimming or go under the water. Sometimes I take a nap two or three times a day—if I can get it. There are weeks when I do not and cannot put my pen to paper. To write a note is a great effort. . . . Though my strength is so little my mind is not unoccupied, and I keep ...

— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott

... 17th century French beste an obsolete card game said to have resembled Nap; also certain penalties at Ombre and Quadrille. The word most frequently occurs in connection with Ombre, which is derived from the Spanish hombreman. The one who undertakes the game has to beat each of the other two; if he fails he is said to have been beasted and pays a forfeit ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn

... for a nap under a plum-tree, a wonderfully nice place near a li'l brook an' all, an' suddenly that crazy Jane ... You know the one that used to throw stones at us out of that broken-down house at the corner of the road.... Anyway, she comes up to me with a funny look in her eyes an' ...

— One Man's Initiation--1917 • John Dos Passos

... with its snowy drapery, and he laid her gently down upon it, saying, "You are too much fatigued to attempt anything more, and must take a nap now, my pet, to recruit yourself ...

— Holidays at Roselands • Martha Finley

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