naps

Noun (1)

nap (plural naps)

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

   Synonyms:

   cark, doss, rest, sleep, shut-eye, bed booger(s), crusty, eye booger(s), eye bogie(s), eye crust

Noun (2)

nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)

1. A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
   • I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
2. The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
   • If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.

Noun (3)

nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)

1. (UK) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
   • 4. Races run on English, Welsh or Scottish racecourses. This criterion was included so that media tipsters ^([sic]) nap selections in general could be analysed; the source of naps, The Racing Rag 'tipster table', summarises the nap selections of newspaper tipsters, who restrict their selection to...2005, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, The Economics of Gambling, page 71
2. (uncountable) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
3. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

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