to take a short sleep, esp during the daycatch somebody napping to catch somebody when they are unprepared or inattentive [Old English hnappian]
a short sleep, esp during the day I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night, and then the nap takes me — Dr Johnson
a hairy or downy surface, e.g. on a woven fabric; a pileAus bedding or blanketsa bedrollnapless adjnapped adj[Middle English noppe from early Dutch or early Low German noppe flock of wool, nap]
= napoleon= napoleon (2)Brit in horse-racing:in horse-racing, the act or instance of betting all one's money on a single potential winnera tipster's selection for such a betgo nap to try to take all five tricks in the game of napoleon to risk all in a single venture
Brit in horse racing, to recommend (a horse) as a possible winner the three-year-old napped to win the 3.30 at Sandown