- to sleep for a short time; doze.
- to be off one's guard: The question caught him napping.
- to sleep or doze through (a period of time, an activity, etc.) (usually followed by away): I napped the afternoon away. He naps away most of his classes.
- a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime: Has the baby had her nap?
- the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- any downy coating, as on plants.
- to raise a nap on.
- a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”: artnap; petnap; starnap.
- to sleep for a short while; doze
- to be unaware or inattentive; be off guard (esp in the phrase catch someone napping)
- a short light sleep; doze
- the raised fibres of velvet or similar cloth
- the direction in which these fibres lie when smoothed down
- any similar downy coating
- blankets, bedding
- to raise the nap of (cloth, esp velvet) by brushing or similar treatment
- a card game similar to whist, usually played for stakes
- a call in this card game, undertaking to win all five tricks
- a tipster's choice for an almost certain winner
- go nap
- to undertake to win all five tricks at nap
- to risk everything on one chance
- to hold in disfavour
- a position in which there is a very good chance of success if a risk is taken
- to name (a horse) as likely to win a race
