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Plural of nap

regular plural

The plural of nap is naps.

Forms of nap

Singularnap /næp/
Pluralnaps
Countablecountable

Naps in a sentence

  • Don't listen to him, Aliyah, all boredom ever builds is naps."2015, Ferrett Steinmetz [pseudonym; William Steinmetz], “The First Fracture”, in The Flux, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Angry Robot…. From the entry daddy
  • After thirty minutes, I had the two howlers fed and settled down for naps.2013, Tyora Moody, Deep Fried Trouble. From the entry howler
  • Exhausted, I canter through postpandrial naps atop a Senegalese camel, and in full beau geste.2006, Louise Mushikiwabo with Jack Kramer, Rwanda Means the Universe, St. Martins Press, page 143. From the entry belle sabreuse
  • Two wet naps make for a pretty decent spit bath.2016, Creek Stewart, Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival, →ISBN. From the entry spit bath
  • Gawen guessed it was a daybed for naps.2013 May 6, Jane Yolen, Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN. From the entry lambsfoot

Meaning of nap

  1. verb To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
  2. verb To be off one's guard.
  3. noun A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Full definition of nap

Questions about the plural of nap

What is the plural of nap?
The plural of nap is naps.
Is nap countable?
Nap is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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