Nap /(năp)/

Nap

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Napped; p. pr. & vb. n. Napping

  1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
  2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.
    I took thee napping, unprepared.
    — Hudibras.

Nap

n.
  1. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

Nap

n.
  1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
  2. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

Nap

v. t.
  1. To raise, or put, a nap on.

Nap

n.
  1. Same as Napoleon, 1, below.